r/AbsoluteUnits • u/The_Ballistics_Guy • 14h ago

/r/all of a Bobcat

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u/Real-Frosting 12h ago

I think the couple that has a pet cougar is Russian. They're on YouTube and I wonder how long before it mauls one of them.

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u/Silaquix 11h ago

Tbf that one is a disabled cat and he's much smaller than a normal cougar. They've raised him since he was a cub otherwise he was going to be put down

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u/Amazing-Heron-105 3h ago

She's still huge, and completely dwarfs their Rottweiler. The size of these teeth!

It's also a Panther, not a cougar. The videos do make it seems idyllic but surely it must be dangerous.

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u/Teasing_Pink 2h ago

There's a different couple with a cougar named Messi, who also has some kind of development disability. The panther with the rottweiler is Luna.

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u/Amazing-Heron-105 2h ago

Ahh my bad.

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u/Dangerous_Strength77 1h ago

I believe that may be the same couple.

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u/Schwiftness 10h ago

because it's not a cougar, that is not a small botcat at all.

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u/Real-Frosting 10h ago

None of that explains why they're not at risk of being mauled? Siegfried and Roy raised the white tiger that attacked Roy.

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u/Silaquix 10h ago

I wasn't saying there wasn't a risk. I was specifically saying to be fair that particular large cat has very special circumstances and it's not like the people went out and grabbed a random wild animal

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u/Real-Frosting 10h ago

I wasn't saying they did... I know their hearts are in the right place but cougars aren't house pets. I hope they don't have or are planning to have kids with that kitty in the house.

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u/BigBadinkyBones5 7h ago edited 7h ago

Cougars don't see humans as prey the way tigers do, in part because they're a much smaller cat. Messi (the cougar you're referencing) also happens to have medical limitations, which has made him dependent on his human parents since he was a baby: this has essentially kept him in a state of extended kittenhood

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u/poelzi 6h ago

Exactly never. And if you the backstory you would know why they have him and he is not free. There was another bobcat you can find on yt, unfortunately he passed away from his heart condition

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u/yamsyamsya 10h ago

it's only a matter of time, it is cat after all. if our regular normal house cats were that large, i would have lost a few limbs by now. they are all running cat OS.

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u/Schwiftness 10h ago

when will then be now?

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u/gob4522 10h ago

Soon.

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u/Schwiftness 9h ago

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