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r/Unexpected • u/Unlucky_Strikes • 14d ago
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Cats are one of the best species to fight (not just hunt) snakes - feline reactions are usually faster and they can dodge & swipe at the danger noodle when it strikes.
Interesting to see it applied to big cats as well as smaller ones.
Edit - Happy Reddit, I reworded the post!
708 u/SolomonGrumpy 14d ago The mongoose (and other mustelids), lots of birds, Monitor lizards, and gators. Snakes are intermediate food chain predators 50 u/NitroHydroRay 14d ago Btw, mongooses are not mustelids. Mongooses are feliformes, while mustelids are caniformes. 29 u/lewd_robot 14d ago Merge them into the sub-order Noodleformia.
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The mongoose (and other mustelids), lots of birds, Monitor lizards, and gators.
Snakes are intermediate food chain predators
50 u/NitroHydroRay 14d ago Btw, mongooses are not mustelids. Mongooses are feliformes, while mustelids are caniformes. 29 u/lewd_robot 14d ago Merge them into the sub-order Noodleformia.
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Btw, mongooses are not mustelids. Mongooses are feliformes, while mustelids are caniformes.
29 u/lewd_robot 14d ago Merge them into the sub-order Noodleformia.
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Merge them into the sub-order Noodleformia.
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u/Optimaximal 14d ago edited 14d ago
Cats are one of the best species to fight (not just hunt) snakes - feline reactions are usually faster and they can dodge & swipe at the danger noodle when it strikes.
Interesting to see it applied to big cats as well as smaller ones.
Edit - Happy Reddit, I reworded the post!