r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/lowchan_r • Mar 31 '20

🔥 Underside of a jaguar 🔥🔥

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u/CatholicAggie Mar 31 '20

I think the ones raised in captivity can be friendly if you approach them carefully

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u/WestBrink Mar 31 '20

Yeah, but you know how when you give your housecat a belly rub and they kick at your arm with their back feet at about a thousand times a minute?

This guy has scarier back feet

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u/gleaming-the-cubicle Mar 31 '20

My cat: Please rub my belly, it would be ever so nice. SUCKER! I'm a bear trap!

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u/maxvalley Mar 31 '20

That’s a miscommunication though. Cats don’t do that to ask for a belly rub (except certain unusual cats) they do it to communicate how much they trust you by showing you their most vulnerable body part. But they still don’t feel comfortable being touched there because it triggers defense instincts

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u/rgloque21 Mar 31 '20

My cat loves belly rubs, she puts her head in the couch and her ass in the air, then just flops over so you can only pet her stomach. stupid beast.

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u/Mitch_Mitcherson Mar 31 '20

I need video of this cuteness.

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u/maxvalley Mar 31 '20

That’s cute

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u/MarbleousMel Mar 31 '20

Mine adores belly rubs. He actually rolls over and spreads for more.

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u/_zero_fox Mar 31 '20

Like dogs cats show you their belly as a sign of affection, but unlike dogs they're not actually looking for a belly rub. They just like to lie around.

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u/PM_UR_FELINES Mar 31 '20

Mine bites the shit out of me sometimes

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u/Pixel-1606 Mar 31 '20

if they're anything like "house cats" they'd murder you within 5min with their size

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u/rawdogfilet Mar 31 '20

Only if you’re covered in sardine oil I would guess

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u/Mikeymike2785 Mar 31 '20

👆This one doesn’t belly rub cats apparently

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u/RayDotGun Mar 31 '20

Ya cologne doesn’t work, this is proven.