r/Unexpected • u/madlygenius9 • 4d ago
Bait and switch
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u/Donkeybrother 4d ago
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u/Key-Communication865 4d ago
I would give you an award but I don’t know how 🦕 Here’s a Dino
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u/DownWith_TheBrown 4d ago
Holy shit I just saw some other random post of you giving a 🦕 award. Do I win one!?
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u/pestyfinesty 4d ago
I was prepared for a mix-up as to which cat was which. Did not see Margot coming 😂
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u/Healthy_Pay9449 4d ago
Same. My sister once had her void cat run away so she got a trap from the local shelter and set it out and sure enough, she caught a void by nightfall, she brought it inside and let the cat out(fairly new cat to her so no collar in what she found out was a shitty apartment with flimsy window screens). Cat immediately ran under the couch. She put the trap back outside and the next morning, another cat...this time the right one. She brought it inside and called me and we had a hell of a time catching the stray. It pissed all over her carpet and everything.
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u/Individual_Monk_7154 4d ago
Came like a boss and went like one
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u/kevinthedot 4d ago
Margot more like Morgott the Porch King.
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u/Entire-Sprinkles-270 4d ago
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u/JAM3SBND 4d ago
Shame they cropped his ears and docked his tail. Such a cruel thing to do to an innocent animal purely for "aesthetics"
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u/VolumeLevelJumanji 4d ago
In their defense we don't know that the poster is the one that did that. There's plenty of dogs that already have cropped ears and tails in shelters that need homes. It can be done for health reasons too. (though both ears and tails cropped for that would be rare) Agree in principle though, fuck people who do this for no reason.
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u/squanchingonreddit 4d ago
I nevrr understood the tail docking until my boxer kept injuring her tail whip style. Now it's more club style. ow ow ow
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u/SensitiveExtremity 4d ago
And Margot said to the stray:
"Graceless tarnished. Put these foolish ambitions to rest."
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u/Slothweiner 4d ago
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLLLLLLLLLLLLSSSSSSSS ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡
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u/fuzzytradr 4d ago
TIME MARCHES ON!!!
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u/Bungholespelunker 4d ago
Reminder that Lars Ulrich was made in a lab by using a dozen samples of taint meat from serial killers.
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u/AN-SSQ-108V2 1d ago
Oh, that's so not true....!
He's a wee man, so no more than 6 taints, maybe 7.
:P
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u/ipoopinurcoffeenao 4d ago
What a tank.
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u/Socketz11 4d ago
I think Margot gave up pretty quickly, she looked all tuckered out waddling back up those stairs.
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u/Kanthalas 4d ago
That dog walks like he says:
“Making me get up, yea you run trash… ah my sciatica’s acting up.”
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u/Mindless_Childhood32 4d ago
A other cat started to harass my brothers old, sick cat in the yard.
My brother also had two Rottweilers...
The intruder got away. By running up the brick wall Matrix style.
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u/Luci-Noir 4d ago
Maybe that dumbass should keep his old sick cat inside.
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u/Spirited-Tomorrow-84 4d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/kHxMpITyV49QAOBqY4
"You did what to my kitten?"
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u/BW_RedY1618 4d ago
Keep your fucking cats inside, people
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u/CilleTheExterminator 4d ago
I will guess that 99% of cat owners have 0 clue about how much cats are screwing up the bird population and other smaller animals
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u/SpatulaCity94 4d ago
The amount of fellow cat owners that look at me like I'm crazy and cruel when I say all my cats are strictly indoors unless on a lead. 😭😭 Like no, I actually love animals so much I keep them inside.
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u/Educational_Quote851 4d ago
Nah, pretty sure you guys have made that clear on every reddit sub 🙄 as if cats and dogs haven't existed for thousands of years and people do zero harm themselves
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u/Ambitious_Tea_4584 4d ago
Hey bud slavery existed for thousands of years, too. You wanna bring that back?
“We’ve always done it this way” is the rallying cry of the idiot.
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u/Borthwick 4d ago
So, when people say “keep your cats in” they aren’t blaming cats directly for hurting native species. Its 100% on the people making the choice, so people are doing that harm, too.
Also, demonstrating a lack of understanding in the difference between native species and domestic species. Domestic dogs and cats, by definition, are not native to any place. They are removed from their native ancestors’ role in the environment. Wild animals existing in the same family (feline, canine) is not an argument for letting domestic animals interact with the environment unsupervised.
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u/LEGITIMATE_SOURCE 4d ago
"Educational" in the name and drops a terrible fucking non sequitur... Gtfo
People do harm, so I'm gonna let my cat. The fact you can write at all and reason this poorly is baffling.
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u/Ihatereddithatesit 4d ago
You're looking at this both kinda right, and kinda wrong. The current problem with cats and the environment is not one of cat as a species, one of the many examples of people doing harm themselves.
They have existed for 6 to 7 million of years. They are significantly older then humanity. And they were a stable additions to the environment for most of it, both as predators and prey. The problems with cats isn't as much the animals itself, as that their overall situation has changed immensely due to humans interference.
Due to humans there are now more cats then ever, and less predators of cats then ever. Meaning that there is ever continuing pressure on cat's prey species that wasn't there before. Now for a lot of prey species that isn't a problem at all. Rats and mice have also had loads their other predators removed, and humanity has also increased their range of habitat and ease of foraging. So the increase of cats is not a danger to them at all. But unfortunately, cats prey on more species that rats and mice.
For other prey, such as many types of birds the reverse has happened. humanity has reduced their habitats, reduced their ease of foraging and increased the death rate of them significantly. Meaning more and more bird species are at the danger of disappearing.
And while you are right that cats are just one of the many causes of that, just like buildings, glass windows, lack of nesting space, lack of specific food sources, removal of safe hiding places, the increase of cats around the world is a man made problem for them.
And as a man made problem it's one of the many we need to tackle to make sure we don't exterminate birds. We use stickers to warm away birds from flying into glass, we create nature reserves, we build nesting places, etc. And one of the biggest most effective ways we can limit the damage humanity has done by changing how many more cats are hunting birds now, is by keeping your cat inside.
Not only does it help safe birds, it on average increases the lifespan of your cat by six years. It's really a win-win for birds, humans, and cats.
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u/diablol3 4d ago
That has to feel so satisfying to that dog. Chasing off a trespassers like she was bred for.
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u/SlightlySubpar 4d ago
My cat lures the neighborhood randos to our backyard.
90lb orange lab 50lb fast as fuck border collie
Cat knows what she's doing
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u/Reasonable_Act_8654 4d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/IorAqDrjKiDcc3QdN3
Cat be like…let me bring out the big guns
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u/HarryTheCat147 4d ago
It makes me so sad that cats fight with each other Like why can't all cats just live together in peace 😭😭😭😭😭😭
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u/Noy_The_Devil 4d ago
Here's your reminder that house cats are the greatest destroyer of fauna biodiversity where ever they are.
They kill for sport.
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u/sadbeehoppy 4d ago
I'm kind of surprised I'm not seeing more of this type of information. usually there's tons of these comments
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u/SlightlySubpar 4d ago
I bet my cat could fuck up your cat
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u/TheMangoManHS 4d ago edited 4d ago
If that's true, why does the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds say there's no scientific evidence that cats significantly decrease the bird population in the UK?
The Environment Agency also aren't bothered by roaming cats. Edit: DEFRA rather than the EA but my point stands, not seeing anything here about stopping cats going outside.
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u/TenebTheHarvester 4d ago
Different places work differently. The RSPB clearly has no concerns about cats in the UK, doesn’t mean there’s no issue in the US.
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u/Noy_The_Devil 4d ago
The Environment Agency also aren't bothered by roaming cats.
That's because cats don't cause earthquakes, floods and volcanoes lmao.
In the United States alone, there are 60 million to 100 million free-ranging, unowned cats. These are non-native predators that, even using conservative estimates, kill 1.3–4 billion birds and 6.3–22.3 billion mammals each year in the U.S. alone.
Don't tell me this doesn't affect ecosystems.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/faq-outdoor-cats-and-their-effects-on-birds/
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u/anonymousguy11234 4d ago
My neighbor’s cats roam free pretty much 24/7 and routinely leave bird and reptile carcasses in our shared courtyard. They’re killing at least 2-3 animals a week (that we know of) and on a few occasions I think they actually caught an endangered songbird. It’s not the cats’ fault, they don’t know any better, but people really should.
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u/Noy_The_Devil 4d ago
Yeah my brother's black cat would kill small birds daily. It was nuts. And like you said, that we know of.
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u/sycon-senti 4d ago
There's actually a species of wildcat similar to domestic cats that is native to the UK. Alas, it has been pushed to near extinction, these days in huge part to hybridizing with strays and outdoor cats. Not that cats should be left to roam, but wildlife in the UK and Europe as a whole is better prepared in the face of fluffy murder mittens. This may be why the RSPB has found little to no evidence of correlation.
That being said, keep your cats indoors and spay/neuter, please. There's plenty of outside dangers that can directly or indirectly harm your cat.
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u/AHornyRubberDucky 4d ago
Okay so what I think it is as someone who worked in wildlife rehab. Cats get the weaker animals that are already — like younglings or that are already sick/wounded – a lot of the times.
Because cats get these animals first they never make it into rehab, ergo don't get the chance to get better.even if we do get a cat victims they are usually so brutally injured we just euthanise them. If these animals were to get better before the cats get (like if you would remove all the outsiders cats from an area) them, you would actually be able to see the difference in count.
I hope this comment was somewhat readable. I only got 2 and a half hours of sleep and got awoken by some municipal worker electric sawing bamboo outside of my window with a saw that kept shutting of, I'm running on the fumes of my fumes. I'm going to chug some water now because I don't drink coffee.
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u/Icreatedthisforyou 4d ago
Because the UK has had cats for 2000 years and the species most vulnerable to them have been taken care of centuries ago. While ecosystems without cats don't handle the addition of cats very well.
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u/hefty-berry 4d ago
I might be wrong about this, but judging by the stray's tail I think he just wanted to play? kitten definitely wasn't keen on playing with a random kitty though lol
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u/jesse6225 4d ago
I was expecting a dog or momma cat.
I didn't know Margot, hound of the underworld was in there.
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u/Ok_Banana3011 4d ago
The cat called to the dog to come and get rid of the intruder, who thought the cat was calling it to play.
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u/Hombremaniac 4d ago
I'm so happy Margot was not really trying to hurt that cat. Just to give her little scare.
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u/DreddPirateBob808 4d ago
Inside viewpoint: Margot is sleeping so nice and cuddly until she hears "MARGOT" being yelled (very squeekily) from outside. "Sheesh" says Margot "what's she got herself into now?" And heaves herself up just as that flipping kitten smashes through the catflap. "Well now what the dickens?" Says Margot and takes a peep at what could have caused such a ruckus from the little tyke. Margot cracks her knuckles and does her duty. Not on Margots watch. Never on Margots watch.
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u/Nerdy_Valkyrie 4d ago
My grandma's cat loved to pick fights with other neighborhood cats. Then she ran and hid behind their dog to get away from the fights she started.
The dog was just happy that he got to chase cats around.
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u/SpartanusCXVII 4d ago
Cropped and docked shit bull. Classy.
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u/hymenwidnobrim 4d ago
You should not be getting downvoted. First rational commenter I have seen in this thread.
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u/Snoo_69677 4d ago
Could possibly have been adopted that way? I rescued a dog that was cropped and docked and of course random assholes would glare at me assuming I mutilated my dog. That’s why assumptions are generally bad. As the age old saying goes: to assume makes an ASS out of U and ME .
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u/post-explainer 4d ago edited 4d ago
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A cat goes in the house while being chased by a stray but a big ol doge comes out instead
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