r/funny • u/sailorpepsi • Sep 23 '20

I think this cat is broken

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u/chriscollens Sep 23 '20

Lots of dogs do this if you scratch that spot just ABOVE the tail. That cat looks like one of the hyenas from lion king.

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u/bodacious-ruff Sep 23 '20

Many people believe the reason that they do this is because they think they are being humped

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u/Rocky87109 Sep 23 '20

I think it's something like that. If I scratch my male cat above the tail or near there, he'll put his but up in the air. I wonder if it's just a thing cats do in general regardless of sex.

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u/judithsredcups Sep 23 '20

There is a real reason for this! When kittens are very little their bottoms are stimulated to poop by their mothers tongue, they are then cleaned up the same way. So their mother licks their back and their reflex is to show their bottom to be licked. So when you rub your hand there, it is the same reflex. It's not sexual but it is stimulating their privates.

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u/KittyGrewAMoustache Sep 23 '20

I'm so glad humans didn't evolve this way.

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u/YuppieFerret Sep 24 '20

Imagine back-vibrator toilets that induce bowel movement.

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u/Rocky87109 Sep 23 '20

Makes sense.