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Presents (i.imgur.com)

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[–]Bear_Cavalry 29 points30 points ago

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I remember reading that when your cat brings a dead animal to you or leaves it on your doorstep he's really telling you that you suck at hunting.

[–]asdf7890 6 points7 points ago

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It is more imitating their behaviour when learning to hunt: bringing the kill back to mum. They are showing you they can hunt well, rather than point out that you can't.

[–]Mistaken_Indemnity 4 points5 points ago

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not necessarily. as proving itself to mommy, yes, but I had a cat that brought dead mice to my father-in-law. He was the only one who didn't put food in his bowl, so he was bad at hunting.

[–]maddgoddess 0 points1 point ago

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i thought it was because the pack did the majority of the hunting and the alpha always got first dibs on the kill?

[–]asdf7890 0 points1 point ago

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The cats that our domestics descend from were not pack animals, instead leading relatively solitary lives except when on heat or with kittens, so I doubt it is an alpha member thing.

[–]maddgoddess 0 points1 point ago

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ah ok. thanks.

[–]IkirysAtWork 13 points14 points ago

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I want it to teach me how to hunt. I can just imagine stalking the woods with my cat at my side, sharing a kill together, and leaving those woods stronger. I'd probably do an AMA afterwards.

[–]schoofer 9 points10 points ago

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Just to let you know, you'll end up eating lots of winged insects and tiny rodents. But don't let that take the glory of the kill away from you or anything.

[–]IkirysAtWork 4 points5 points ago

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Gotta start somewhere. Eventually, when my cat master thinks I'm ready, we will move on to larger game.

[–]schoofer 2 points3 points ago

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I would be totally supportive if, say, you owned a tiger or lion.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

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this actually sounds like something someone would try if you posted it to r/trees

[–]1Avion1 7 points8 points ago

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A sauce for all of you cool cats out there who enjoy dark humor and daily updates.

[–]omfgletmethefinffs 2 points3 points ago

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the best kind of presents!

[–]SpamwiseGamgee 4 points5 points ago

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Stationary .gif: the long troll.

[–]surefire09 2 points3 points ago

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Once i've told my cat bring me a bird. the next day i found a dead bird at my door. true story

[–]brbNoveltyAccount 2 points3 points ago

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That reminds me of this

[–]jigby61 1 point2 points ago

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It's the thought that counts

[–]jokr004 1 point2 points ago

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Better than the shitty ones my dog used to give me!

[–]kayne_21 1 point2 points ago

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They're not presents.

They are threats!

[–]NursingInPublic 1 point2 points ago

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My cat would wake me up in the middle of the night to show me her kill. She would not leave me alone until I turned on the light and praised her. Then after I acknowledged it she would noisily eat it while I tried to sleep. Bone crunching and all. I was too icked out by dead things to get rid of the mice. So I just tried to not listen.

I miss her. She was my companion from the time I was 7 to 25. She was mean to everyone but me.

**tl;dr: My old cat liked to eat mice in my bedroom late at night and creep me out.

[–]trixter192 0 points1 point ago

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I dont know whats worse: Dead animals or dog turds.

[–]mechanate 0 points1 point ago

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When I was a kid we had a Siamese that ran away. A couple of years later I'd completely forgotten about her, but one day she showed up on our doorstep with a dead mouse, then just walked in and straight to her litterbox as though she'd never been gone. Still weirds me out to this day. The vet found ticks on her from BC and we were in Alberta.

[–]sparkydoomscat[S] 2 points3 points ago

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My cat Charlie used to leave every summer and come back in the fall skinny, beat up, and scraggly as hell. He'd fatten up over winter and do it all again. One fall he just never came back. He was a trooper.

[–]mechanate 0 points1 point ago

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I've read that housecats can revert to their feral instincts almost instantaneously. I even heard one vet theorize that cats have never really "domesticated", they just recognize that it's easier to have someone feed and shelter them than try to find it themselves (but I never got a citation).

[–]WildCardSR 0 points1 point ago

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Some years back me and my roommates kept a tally of animals my cat murdered and brought us in a given year. The password to our wifi was 'killcount.'

[–]wintercast 0 points1 point ago

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i need this on a t shirt :)

[–]EngiBeering 0 points1 point ago

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My cat does it wrong. Doesn't bring murder presents but stuffed presents; a snowman, several bears one of which is the same size as her, slippers, socks, and a bunny twice her size. She might have a mild mental disability. It's cute though.

[–]AlphabetSmut 0 points1 point ago

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She...tries

[–]bw1870 -1 points0 points ago

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Is Murder the cat's name?

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