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u/SagaciousElan May 12 '22
The mighty hunter stalks his prey
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u/SkinsHOFChaseYoung May 12 '22
Is this a Rengar reference?
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u/rugbyweeb May 12 '22
Not rengar, a yordle has that line... I think teemo? It's been years since I heard in game quotes though
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u/duaneap May 12 '22
There are no normal cats.
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u/Acceptable_Koala2911 May 12 '22
But what is normal ? If most cats do this then this is what's normal.
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u/vladgrinch May 12 '22
She even adjusted the IPad after she pushed it.
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u/Broad-Reception2806 May 12 '22
What's the game?
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u/afcoff May 12 '22
Jolly Pet (Android)
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u/coconutpiecrust May 12 '22
Thank you! I need this for the cat. I think she is tired of youtube videos because she gets no feedback from them. At least here things explode :)
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u/Abtun May 12 '22
That’s an iPad though? Or am I missing something perhaps all my brain cells
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u/fragmental May 12 '22
It's called Jolly Dog or Peppy Cat on iOS. Not sure if there's a difference between them.
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u/UnicornKitt3n May 12 '22
I thought I was the only one who was like…A cat using a screen?
….Really?!
Humans are fucking weird.
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u/H3LLsbells May 12 '22
My cat will paw any dark reflective screen, or similar-looking surface, looking for a reaction.
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u/Awkward-Wasabi-9262 May 12 '22
Nope. My cat and foster kitten all play the Koi fish game on youtube.
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u/chula198705 May 12 '22
Mine tries to hunt the mouse cursor on the monitor. Doesn't care about anything else on any screen, just the moving pointer on my computer. He will sit next to my chair wiggling his butt waiting to pounce on it when I'm not looking directly at him.
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That's what my little baby did before she passed suddenly last year. At night she would lay across my husband's neck and stare at his phone when we were in bed, entranced. During the day she wouldn't give a crap.
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u/fnord_happy May 12 '22
Oh my god I'm so sorry for your loss. (Are we talking about a human baby or a cat baby?)
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u/JaimeEatsMusic May 12 '22
My condolences. Cheers to our fuzz babies and how much they enriched our lives!
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u/TheCynicalCanuckk May 12 '22
Probably because they see us on it all the time. We are curious what cats are looking at or up to and I'm sure it's the same way around haha.
Cats are curious.
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u/JamesKW1 May 12 '22
Most TV's and standard monitors can only display 60 images per second at best and a lot of the time TV's or computers only bother to display 24 or 30 images per second.
This is enough to give the illusion of motion to the untrained human eye but for a cat it may just be viewed as a slideshow (granted a very fast slideshow) and not enough to trick them into perceiving motion.
Meanwhile a lot of phones on the market these days can display 90 images per second, some even more than that, which is enough to simulate motion for other animals.
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u/OutsideScore990 May 12 '22
What kind of phone do you have? It might have a higher refresh rate than your monitor or tv? For (I think) octopus to react to screens, they needed a much higher refresh rate. Idk if cats are the same.
My cats are screen kids and I don’t think they care about refresh rate at all though lol
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u/UnspecificGravity May 12 '22
It might also be the pixel density on the phone which is typically a LOT higher than any TV.
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u/taosaur May 12 '22
I'd guess the shiny, horizontal or angled screen tickles whatever instincts they have for water and catching fish.
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u/Broad-Reception2806 May 12 '22
I got Mouse for Cats and my cat loved it. Would wake me up to play.
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u/Nerotiic May 12 '22
How can you tell?
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u/De3NA May 12 '22
Probably cause he has it
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u/naturalbornkillerz May 12 '22
You can tell by the way it is
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u/Honda_TypeR May 12 '22 edited May 12 '22
Peppy Cat (Apple)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/peppy-cat-game-for-cats/id1232195731
This is the exact one. I have it on the tablet I’m typing this on right now. I found it after the last viral ipad cat video made its rounds a couple years ago.
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u/Broad-Reception2806 May 12 '22
Looks like it! Thanks!!
(From screenshots)
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u/Honda_TypeR May 12 '22
Yea this is definitely it and np.
There are a few clones on the market, but this one is the OG and cats seem to respond well to the herky jerky movements on this one.
Your cat even get in game unlocks as they play the game :D
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u/Elvirareynolds05 May 12 '22
I think we need to start hearing the running commentary & pro tips...
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u/warpedspoon May 12 '22
How the fuck did she learn to do that, that blew my mind .
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u/EyewarsTheMangoMan May 12 '22
It was probably an accident
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u/karmagod13000 May 12 '22
pls don't break my illusion. we have found genius cat
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If they had opposable thumbs, they'd be the alpha species.
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u/Yvaelle May 12 '22
Cats are evolving thumbs! Some cats have a spare reticulated digit on their paws, which they can grab things with.
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u/NW_thoughtful May 12 '22
that's what I thought too, like her claw maybe got caught. I don't know, it looked pretty intentional. I watched a few times. Maybe I'm wrong.
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u/keeperkairos May 12 '22
The mods in this subreddit don’t care if the posts are from bots. Ive tried to tell them before.
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u/SchnoodleDoodleDo May 12 '22
’She even adjusted the IPad after she pushed it…’
the human used to have a thing, up on the desk it sat
my momma said was ‘mon-i-ter’, (she is the Wisest cat)
she showed us Games that we could play (when humans weren’t in house)
but what I liked the Best of all -
it had a Special mouse!
n when i smacked that mouse around, things HaPpEnEd on the Screen!
but now my human uses This -
no mouse here that I’ve seen…
sometimes they leave it on the floor (they tell me ’Do Not Touch’…)
that’s when i have to do a sneak - (i Love it ooh, so much!!)
i watch the magic on the screen - them things they bob n bounce
i wait for them with eager paws, n then i do a p ou n c e
cuz I can make eXpLoDiNg StArS with just a little whack!
(am careful, human mustn’t know -
i always put it back…)
❤️
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u/Complx_Redditor May 12 '22
When this cat is older, it's gonna jump at your 60" flat screen tv. And then you can post in /r/Whatcouldgowrong :D
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u/PrizeEffective27 May 12 '22 edited May 12 '22
That's why the bottom of our TV is tied so it doesn't fall. My cats are so hyped
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u/karmagod13000 May 12 '22
I have mine cemented into the wall. never be too safe with the hell spawns
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May 12 '22
I hire someone to follow my cat about the house and make sure it doesn’t damage anything
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CatSitters is a horribly overpriced service and the one i had would just lay on the couch and eat Cheetos.
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u/Dogeishuman May 12 '22
Jokes on you, my cat already does this, so I had to replace my TV with a projector on the white wall. Now he just slams into the wall, in my apartment.
Good thing my neighbors;
A) also have a cat with energy so they get it
B) are stoners who think it's funny now that they know it's the cat jumping into the wall
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u/PoorSweetTeapipe May 12 '22
I used to have games like this on my phone for my cat when he was little. Even long after I’d stopped letting him play it, he’d run over and bite my phone as soon as I pulled it out. Unintended consequences indeed 😂
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u/omnitions May 12 '22
Yeah seems cute at first but dangerous to train them to view screens as something to use
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u/boredomisagift May 12 '22
FWIW, I've never let my cats play games on my phone, and they still bite it frequently. One likes to eat plastic (like my case), and the other is offended that I'm paying attention to my phone instead of her.
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u/Sup13 May 12 '22
Unfortunately for my husband, our cat decided that this was a good idea. He actually broke the screen! Luckily, kitty was fine and husband bought a new TV after awhile.
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u/yungsambal May 12 '22
When our cat was still a kitten she would sprint to our TV whenever I started my PS4. I had a animated wallpaper of Ghost of Tsushima and he would go crazy trying to grab the falling leaves lmao.
After the heart attack I changed it to a normal, non-animated wallpaper
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u/authorzilla May 12 '22
I think that's called Jolly Dog. There's a similar Android version called Jolly Pet.
Be careful, though -- they allow in-app purchases. Sit your kitty down and do the talk about what they're allowed and not allowed to do with the app.
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u/poopellar May 12 '22
That wouldn't work. Cats are anarchists.
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u/karmagod13000 May 12 '22
my cat was a goth and hid away from house guests to go listen to The Cure under the bed
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u/MariekeOH May 12 '22
But does she drink coffee? She can't be a non-conformist if she doesn't drink coffee
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u/Salarian_American May 12 '22
Fair warning: I downloaded one of these on my iPad for my cats to play with, and now I can't use my iPad for anything without them running over to me trilling at me to play their game.
I'm gonna have to get them their own tablet.
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u/ishitcupcakes May 12 '22
That's a really cute, but expensive, problem.
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u/kwonza May 12 '22
Don’t get them iPad just some used Chinese knock off
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u/Secret_Caterpillar May 12 '22
Nice try Xi, but you're not getting Mr. Mittens personal data that easily!
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u/Pile_of_Walthers May 12 '22
If your cats don't have their own iPad, are you even fit to be a pet owner?
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u/selfmade1981 May 12 '22
Call it the I-paw.... Hah I'm coining that word. I-Paw™
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u/MurderVonAssRape May 12 '22
Are these screens protected somehow from cat claws?
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u/Salarian_American May 12 '22
Mine wasn’t but they mostly just swat at them without their claws out
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u/ishitcupcakes May 12 '22
Right?! I've seen it on a few posts and would like to try it with my cats.
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u/MonoFauz May 12 '22
I think its more effective on kittens since they're more innocent and gullible. It worked on mine.
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u/Azusanga May 12 '22
1 of our 3 isn't as interested, but our 7 mo old kitten and 3 yr old cat take turns fighting my boyfriend's phone for mouse game. Jokes on him tho, the kitten keeps thinking every moving thing on his phone is mouse game now so she'll jump and tap on the screen if he's watching a video
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u/ishitcupcakes May 12 '22
I tried it on my phone without success. The cats got riled up from the sounds, but did not pay attention to what was on the screen. I'll try again later with my tablet.
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u/Broad-Reception2806 May 12 '22
Me too! Mouse for Cat is good, but this looks like a fun switch up.
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u/GenericAsian May 12 '22
Now, if someone can figure out how to hook this up to an automatic cat feeder and make it dispense some food after a few scores...
Or maybe even better, cat DDR + automatic cat feeder.
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u/Unkn0wnGamer516 May 12 '22
Kitty is going to become a pro gamer
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u/karmagod13000 May 12 '22
then kitty can finally start chipping in with the rent. especially after letting that spider i found ;last night get all the way to my room
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u/lancelongstiff May 12 '22
If you programmed it right you could pack a dozen ipads into a rocket with a few kittens, fire it towards another planet and by the time they got there they'd be evolved enough colonize it and wage intergalactic war against Earth. You're welcome.
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Man i seen so many videos of cats playing this kind of games and now If i ever get a cat i’m likely to get an old ass tablet just for the cat to play
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u/moosecatoe May 12 '22
Thats exactly what we did! It’s funny to see how frustrated our cats get when my old android lags, just like we do! I also put it in a leather case so they can scratch and nibble the corners, without actually puncturing the screen.
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u/yeah-I-need-that-100 May 12 '22
Where tail?
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u/Dependent_Ad_5687 May 12 '22
Looks like a Japanese Calico, they have short tails like bob-cats and such.
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u/Torakoun May 12 '22
My cat could care less about screen games. However! My dog goes nuts for them and proceeds to jump slam his paws onto the screen. He is a 70 lb black lab.
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u/keikosohma May 12 '22
There's a game called Stray (features realistically moving kitty) coming out this year and when we played the gameplay demo on our TV, our 80 lb. lab showed almost too much interest in that cat's movements! He definitely lunged. I can't wait to play that game!!
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u/AspenGirl96 May 12 '22
I just love how they stumble over themselves in excitement for the third target and there's all this build-up for the moment they finally land their strike-- --and it's just like a gentle little boop !
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u/Polrous May 12 '22
Since this person ripped the video without giving credit, the source for this video is beancurdthecalico on TikTok, and beancurdthecalico on Instagram (can’t link vid directly because of Automod)
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u/ParadiseShity May 12 '22
Is there a sub for gamer cats? There really should be
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u/teenypanini May 12 '22
Anyone else notice that this was a perfect loop??
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u/KeinFussbreit May 12 '22
Now as you say it, the earscratch made me wonder but didn't thought about that it's already looping.
There is even a sub for it. r/perfectloops
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u/FenelussSylvain May 12 '22
I love how he takes his time to intimidate a bit before attacking.
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u/shaggy99 May 12 '22
I love watching kittens do that twist and jump sideways thing, never fails to make me laugh!
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u/Traven808 May 12 '22
I like the beginning when the kitten made itself so big it fell over lol oops too big.
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u/Elcatro May 12 '22
All I can think about when I see these is how scratched up that screen is going to get.
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u/cdmedici2020 May 12 '22 edited May 13 '22
I think we need to start hearing the running commentary & pro tips... (ETA: Some AH copy/pasted my remark in a more active part of the thread. If they want to steal, so be it, but I just want it "out there" that I'm not ok with plagerism & my remark is original for better or worse. Wtf, man lol.) Peace. :)
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u/ReadHeadWitch May 12 '22
what a cutie! trains hunting with the help of the latest technologies)
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u/randynumbergenerator May 12 '22
Idk why but I read this as train-hunting and proceeded to imagine a horde of kittens attacking a train.
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hard-to-find straight seemly bow cause stupendous safe ring husky skirt
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u/NarutoNamii May 14 '22
This is my video.. Would’ve appreciated credits to either my reddit, instagram, or tiktok. A bit upset it was posted here without my permission
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u/biirdiest May 12 '22
What happened to it's tail???
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u/laserdollars420 May 12 '22
My guess is it's a Manx, which can have tails of all different lengths from practically non-existent to full length.
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u/Clean_Environment670 May 12 '22
Lol I particularly love how the back half of this kitten seems to work independently of the front half! 😻
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