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[–]CoupleOfConcerns 288 points289 points ago

I love how cats can be really intensely into something one moment and then the next moment they decide they really need to lick themselves or have a lie down.

[–]Jackomo 162 points163 points ago

I read somewhere that this is a cat's response to a sort of embarrassment. When cats fail to achieve what they were attempting, i.e. jumping from A to B, losing their balance etc., their immediate response is to console themselves/not show weakness.

Edit: Source. It's called displacement grooming.

[–]roger_ranter 60 points61 points ago

Theres a great vid I saw on reddit awhile back of a kitty sltalking, stalking, stalking a pigeon. Pigeon flies away, cat flops in dramatic anguish. Nearby people laugh at poor kitty, who jumps back up nonchalantly. "Nuthin'..."

[–]elevenothree 24 points25 points ago

I feel so bad for that cat... Being mocked and laughed at..

[–]Magicaddict 10 points11 points ago

you gotta admit though, it was pretty funny.

[–]elevenothree -1 points0 points ago

To be fair I never said it wasn't funny... I just kinda feel bad for the cat x]

[–]roger_ranter 0 points1 point ago

Awesome, thanks.

[–]CoyoteStark 11 points12 points ago

Cats are so self-conscious. They really need to loosen up.

[–]comosedicedouchebag 11 points12 points ago

that's so cool, it's making me flashback to all the times my various cats over the years have done this...

[–]egophony 6 points7 points ago

TIL about Citebite. Thanks, Jackomo!

(Edit) To the downvoter: Erm, that's what he used to link and highlight the relevant part of the article on cat behavior.

[–]Jackomo 4 points5 points ago

Only found out about it today myself! I can't believe I haven't seen it before.

[–]Jackomo 1 point2 points ago

Such an odd thing to downvote.

[–]COOKIEEE 1 point2 points ago

Thank you... I thought I was crazy when I noticed that.

Now that has a source.

[–]Trick825 1 point2 points ago

For some reason, it feels really good knowing that other animals can be as embarrassed and awkward as people.

[–]electricmice 1 point2 points ago

remember that cat who was barking like a dog but revert to meowing the moment he realized a human is watching. he was definitely trying to imitate a dog outside or calling him and was embarrassed when he's caught.

[–]veracityandillusion 63 points64 points ago

My 16 year old cat goes crazy hyperactive running and jumping around but sometimes she'll stop mid-jump and just lick a few places before continuing to destroy the house

edit: I should probably make it clear that she does not hover in the air as she doesn't know how to (...yet), she just lets herself go crashing onto the floor. To be fair, her old age has made her totally cuckoo and she doesn't realise what she's doing sometimes

[–]ALPHAMENSCH 53 points54 points ago

Mid jump? Really?

[–]daskrip 56 points57 points ago

It's like a cartoon where a person does a billion things before noticing there's no ground under him, at which point he begins to fall.

[–]veracityandillusion 26 points27 points ago

My 3 year old cat can run on walls, she uses it to give herself a boost before launching herself onto my eldest cat.

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[–]Cristianol3 3 points4 points ago

I would have skipped if you hadn't asked me to.

[–]DelightfullyGangsta 2 points3 points ago

What is this urlbeat?

[–]codebeats 1 point2 points ago

Spam.

[–]ALPHAMENSCH 5 points6 points ago

But this is real life not Tom and Jerry.

[–]Caboose_ 10 points11 points ago

WHAT DO YOU KNOW?!

[–]ieatbees 12 points13 points ago

Is this the real life, is this just Tom and Jerry?

[–]ambiguousallegiance 5 points6 points ago

Caught in a cartoon, no escape to reality...

[–]danrennt98 2 points3 points ago

Sorry, Itchy & Scratchy.

[–]TheMcG 0 points1 point ago

NOOO, REALLY?

well shit.

[–]David_mcnasty 3 points4 points ago

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[–]ALPHAMENSCH 4 points5 points ago

So your cat jumps, decides she doesn't want to jump anymore while mid jump, then just proceeds to destroy your house eh...

Your cat may be fucked.

[–]veracityandillusion 4 points5 points ago

Oh she is...but we all blame it on the dementia.

As for the house being destroyed - happens every time my 3 cats decide to play together...I have crazy cats

[–]ALPHAMENSCH 3 points4 points ago

Haha nice. I have two fat cats and they don't do shit.

[–]Forever_Awkward 6 points7 points ago

I like how they always seem to do it when they slip or mess up some how.

It's like they get embarrassed and try to pretend they don't care.

[–]string97bean 362 points363 points ago

That cat should get together with this guy.

[–]Farisr9k 140 points141 points ago

Hah! I love the guy behind him.

It's too late. He's seen everything.

[–]SomeDudeFromJersey 91 points92 points ago

That's why he had to die that night.

[–]danrennt98 15 points16 points ago

Cowboy is not amused.

[–]reddidd 28 points29 points ago

He's seen it all.

[–]Farisr9k 14 points15 points ago

Yes. That was the reference.

[–]PasswordLost 15 points16 points ago

Damn, I never noticed the person in front of him tries to help and give him a hand.

[–]ComplainsAboutDvotes 24 points25 points ago

He got the delay down to almost nothing. Too bad this woman couldn't manage it.

[–]SidiousX 16 points17 points ago

It's just embarrassing to watch that.

[–]ComplainsAboutDvotes 4 points5 points ago

Yeah, really cringeworthy.

[–]Mr_Hank_Scorpio 5 points6 points ago

What a gobshite.

[–]CuppyMcCake 1 point2 points ago

She deserves to actually get hit with a baseball bat for that moronic behavior !

[–]ComplainsAboutDvotes 8 points9 points ago

It certainly is moronic, but nobody deserves violence like that for stupidity. She wasn't endagering anybody. me so serious

[–]BALLS_SMOOTH_AS_EGGS 3 points4 points ago

Just roll with it

[–]meanttodothat 2 points3 points ago

And me!

[–]Brif 0 points1 point ago

Instagram does videos now?

[–]SlayBelle 29 points30 points ago

My flatmate had a cat that attempted to run up a staircase - it was a wooden stair case with no backing on it, so you could see through it, the cat being a hefty fat cat sailed right on through the stairs as it attempted to bank around the corner, it then ran into the glass plate door, looked a bit dazed, looked about, then licked its backside like "I MEANT TO DO THAT"

[–]BobTheSCV 58 points59 points ago

Cats do this when they stumble. Not really sure why.

[–]xtfftc 189 points190 points ago

Because they're obsessed with looking cool.

[–]vocaltalentz 32 points33 points ago

We didn't just derive the expression, "cool cat" from thin air

[–]JBOSS_08 30 points31 points ago

Although the expression "thin air" did derive from thin air.

[–]TheMoki 17 points18 points ago

It's like that parkour roll they do to soften the fall, but lazy edition.

[–]JBOSS_08 13 points14 points ago

Parkat?

[–]TruthyBastard 1 point2 points ago

Kitkat.

[–]BonzaiThePenguin 1 point2 points ago

Purrkour.

[–]ETO99 1 point2 points ago

MEOWTH! THATS RIGHT!

[–]Yoyo8 23 points24 points ago

"Check me out! Aww yeahh! ...oh shit, stumbling!" Wait a minute! I'm cool! Commence recouping, kitty style "suckers. Still cool."

[–]JBOSS_08 7 points8 points ago

And adorable

[–]i_spin_bubbles 10 points11 points ago

They want to thank the ground for catching them.

[–]kaiser16 2 points3 points ago

I can't pet my cat for 5 seconds without this happening. The funny part is depending on how excited he gets it can border on near-violent speed.

[–]mopman12 36 points37 points ago

Act cool, act cool.

[–]TimeToWander 7 points8 points ago

Cat cool, cat cool.

[–]GrandDeluge 15 points16 points ago

"Well, while I'm down here,"

[–]armauld 10 points11 points ago

My cat was rolling around on our garage roof enjoying the warmth. He rolled right off and immediately started rubbing up against a neighbour's leg and purring like he jumped off just to see her.

[–]couch_boy 19 points20 points ago

looks like his plans went belly up

[–]june606 12 points13 points ago

The feline equivalent of almost tripping over and then doing a little run to recover.

[–]UsernameNotFound404 4 points5 points ago

The only thing missing is the cat taking a bow while saying "TA-DA!!!"

[–]doublelift1 64 points65 points ago

i pooped my pants

[–]Shadowshot 11 points12 points ago

liftlift!

[–]alexiuscomnenus 8 points9 points ago

Why is this comment attracting a lot of dumb, downvoted comments?

EDIT: This was an honest question that added to the discussion. If you want to downvote me, fine, but that's technically against the rules, and really not what the voting system is all about.

[–]Pollux324 13 points14 points ago

People fanboying over doublelift, a professional league of legends player.

[–]ForcedBeef 2 points3 points ago

i downvoted you because youre bitching about getting downvotes

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[–]Fa1nT 20 points21 points ago

no it's not

[–]salty-horse 1 point2 points ago

Unbelievable! A cat using proper grammar on the internet!

[–]MySonStinks 3 points4 points ago

"Sneaking... sneaking... sneaki--oh, oh oh shit oh oh ow oh.. oh.. uh.. belly rub... belly rub..."

[–]PretntiousIlliterate 3 points4 points ago

I love it when I fall down on the asphalt in the middle of a parking lot, realize its comfy, and take a nap.

[–]deja-vu-comment 17 points18 points ago

nice save cat, as if we are to believe you really just wanted to sniff the asphalt!

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[–]Kdkdbwsodkdbqk 3 points4 points ago

This is still going to the frontpage, sorry.

[–]brianbrianbrian 4 points5 points ago

I'm upvoting you simply for citing your sources. Good man.

[–]MJB25 2 points3 points ago

Whenever I trip I just start jogging.

[–]zookie86 0 points1 point ago

Officer - Oye You ? Cat - Man Down !

[–]pokersjokers 0 points1 point ago

I wonder if this cat delivers tofu

[–]metaranha 2 points3 points ago

A Japanese cat? You have surely found the solution to Reddit.

[–]P3chorin -2 points-1 points ago

Came here to say this.

[–]mchammerz 1 point2 points ago

Logged in to downvote this.

[–]P3chorin 0 points1 point ago

Oh. Now I've learned my lesson.

[–]iDoraemon 2 points3 points ago

Parkour!

[–]Pressuretreatedwood 2 points3 points ago

I like that a cat's idea of playing something off always involves rolling around on the ground.

[–]melari 2 points3 points ago

Looks more like once it got to the ground it noticed how nice and warm the pavement was.

[–]no-game 2 points3 points ago

Cats literally have this attitude. It's great.

[–]thecolinmcgovern 2 points3 points ago

the roll at the end make it

[–]cris178 2 points3 points ago

Reminds me of me when I trip on something and look around to see if anyone saw that and then play it off as if it never happened.

[–]PessimisticWaves 2 points3 points ago

This is why I don't Reddit while drunk.

[–]JehovahsHitlist 2 points3 points ago

Falling off cars and trying to make it look good is why you don't Reddit while drunk?

[–]PessimisticWaves 3 points4 points ago

Falling off cars I shouldn't be on is why I don't Reddit while drunk

[–]SomeDudeFromJersey 2 points3 points ago

I've seen this behavior in the big cats, especially Leopards. With big cats it has something to do with masking their scent to so the prey can't smell them. I have no idea if this cat is doing the same.

[–]youregonnaloveme 4 points5 points ago

This cat must be a soccer/football player.

[–]andrewxie 1 point2 points ago

That's one smooth cat.

[–]noniona 1 point2 points ago

Shit, shit. Pretend you're asleep.

[–]Dollarama 1 point2 points ago

The well timed tuck and roll

[–]mymamalovesme 1 point2 points ago

He fell onto a pavement of cool.

[–]Akanji1 1 point2 points ago

This was taken from the trailer "Garfield: Trails and tribulations"

[–]jammonk 1 point2 points ago

Well played you majestic cat

[–]kinurabi 1 point2 points ago

Just like Ali G

[–]bagpipesmusic 1 point2 points ago

Brilliant title.

[–]chandria 2 points3 points ago

Caption nailed it!

[–]Shadrahk 1 point2 points ago

I do that all the time, like a boss.

[–]duderMcdude 1 point2 points ago

Nobody probably cares, but the image should have the cat walking from left to right. The lettering on the car is Japanese and is written backwards because the image has been flipped.

[–]hawthorneluke 3 points4 points ago

That's actually been written in reverse. The actual letters themselves are not mirrored.

This helps to take a look btw: http://gif-explode.com/

Also written here: http://www.taxi-w.com/photo/pics/DSCF9261.JPG

Some random discussion on it here: http://kotonoha.cc/no/174377

Interesting.

This is also written backwards. Apparently because it was like that when it was first made, in a time when Japanese was written like that.

[–]avoiding_his_peers 1 point2 points ago

Well.. Now that I'm down.

[–]xkaiserxremx 1 point2 points ago

impossibly cute. ;_;

[–]thealoof 1 point2 points ago

Do a barrel roll!

[–]Eddie_of_NewYork 1 point2 points ago

I found myself "awwwing" IRL.

[–]krizutch 1 point2 points ago

Jesus titty fucking Christ why is this on my front page.

[–]OhaiItsAhmad 1 point2 points ago

"I've got this, I got this... Nope, I can't do it. Do you still love me?"

[–]SERGEANTMCBUTTMONKEY 1 point2 points ago

Kinda reminds me of the rolling on the floor you'd do when you were a kid and hurt your foot.

[–]GeorgeFromTheUK 1 point2 points ago

Purrkour.

[–]TK42 1 point2 points ago

Wait... Japanese cats look just like normal cats?

I feel betrayed.

[–]Drawtaru 1 point2 points ago

"I'm so awesome... AHH! uhh.. meow!"

[–]JeremyKylesLovechild 1 point2 points ago

My cat sits down and licks his shoulder after he's fucked up and lost his cool. He's trying to be nonchalant but it doesn't help that I'm already laughing at him.

[–]sneakybreadsticks 1 point2 points ago

Nice recovery by looking cute. M

[–]drunksalot 1 point2 points ago

"Just pretend you're asleep."

[–]leftnotracks 1 point2 points ago

That is called a “kitty cat”. When I try to make an accident look like that’s what I meant to do and where I fell is exactly where I need to be right now.

[–]SlenderMansWife 0 points1 point ago

My cat used to chase his tail while standing on the bathtub rim. He fell in a couple of times and would always pretend like nothing had happened, liking his paws and the like, then going back to chasing his tail.

[–]PenguinsCubed 0 points1 point ago

What freaks me out is that I can't tell if this is black and white or that's the real coloring of that area >.>

[–]bmacu 0 points1 point ago

Falls to the ground like an Italian soccer player, dressed as a cat

[–]kkkarlftw -1 points0 points ago

Purr. Deal with it.

[–]GenKan -3 points-2 points ago

who in their right mind would walk around filming cats?!

[–]USxMARINE 4 points5 points ago

National geographic employees.

[–]SawRub 2 points3 points ago

OP.

[–]xtfftc 5 points6 points ago

People who are into karma.

[–]ginyuforce 0 points1 point ago

Redditor