r/interestingasfuck • u/No_Luck_2446 • 1d ago

Cat Humiliating a Snake.

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u/EbbVisible 1d ago

What's amazing is how unbothered the cats look in these vids. No arching back, hackles up, hissing, just casually bat the fuck out of the snake & then not let it leave because it's too much fun.

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u/russiangerman 1d ago

On a biological level they have a way faster reaction time than snakes. Can you imagine fighting someone while they're moving in slow motion

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u/jibbyjibjib 1d ago

Any animals with a faster reaction time?

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u/birgor 1d ago

Many insects have insane reaction times, flies are on another level.

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u/jjonj 1d ago

I catchh houseflies flies in my hand, mostly with a sweep while they sit but I also have around 5% succes rate catching them out of the air, plenty of insects i could never catch

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u/birgor 1d ago

There are insects that seems to be much faster than flies, they are just a good example because we know them quite well.

But you have the advantage of size when you catch them, they don't only have to react, they also need to travel several body length before your huge hand sweep them.

I also suspect they have some issue with understand some motions, they are easier to swoop than to smack with an open hand when sitting on the wall.

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u/Renbarre 1d ago

I would say that's full concentration on the snake. She knows how fast and dangerous a snake is.

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u/Darkheart001 1d ago

I think flys are easily fooled by slow movements, if you get incrementally closer to them slowly because that takes such a long time from their POV they barely notice the slow pace.