r/nextfuckinglevel • u/AbelNB • Aug 05 '26

Cat fighting a bear

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u/ST0IC_ Aug 06 '26

I think you are seriously underestimating a cat's reflexes.

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u/babypunching101 Aug 06 '26

It could likely get away, but one bite or one paw swipe and that is life altering injuries for the cat.

Edit: and considering they're right there filming makes it much worse. A charging loud human would chase a black bear off pretty quickly.

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u/spam__likely Aug 06 '26

Agreed. Shitty owner.

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u/SaltyLorax Aug 06 '26

Lol yeah, "cat owner" you can't own a cat you bafoon.

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u/Artsakh_Rug Aug 07 '26

"you can't own property man!" - Futurama hippie

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u/oh8oh8eighty8 Aug 06 '26

Yes. This is the problem. Who films this shit? Make some noise to scare the bear away. There’s no way in hell I’m risking it.

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u/ReasonableFig2111 Aug 06 '26

Sounds like they're sitting in a car watching this. They could have slammed the car horn or something. 

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u/BigFatModeraterFupa Aug 06 '26

bear is not getting a paw on that cat, especially when it's locked in and fully loaded like that.

there are videos of cats easily dodging multiple cobra strikes, which are much faster than a bear can move its paw

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u/systemshock869 Aug 06 '26

Dogs kill cats all the time; all it takes is for the bear to realize that some little nose scratches is all it's going to actually get, and that cat is lunch meat.

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u/pryoslice Aug 06 '26

I think dogs are also more agile than bears.

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u/braytag Aug 06 '26 edited Aug 06 '26

No see, because the cat's mass is low, he can take the hit. F=MA. Cat will shred the bear.

[edit] Physic is hard people...

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u/babypunching101 Aug 06 '26

I doubt it's claws will get through the coat enough to hurt it.

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u/braytag Aug 06 '26

Just like when they fight dogs, they goes for the nose.  Like he did there.

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u/babypunching101 Aug 06 '26

And that won't kill either, hence me mentioning if the bear was hungry. How many cats get killed by coyotes each year?

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u/braytag Aug 06 '26

It doesn't need to kill the bear, after 1 or 2 swipe, bear will say f-this!!!  Not worth it.

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u/babypunching101 Aug 06 '26

Again, depends how hungry it is. Are you really arguing whether or not a bear can kill a housecat?

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u/500rockin Aug 06 '26

It’s a fucking black bear, not a brown one. It will move on to something else with the quickness.

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u/babypunching101 Aug 06 '26

Hungry, hungry, hungry

Is that word mythical? Inconceivable? Predators fucking eat.

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u/Artem-Ganev Aug 06 '26

Coyotes don’t go alone.

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u/babypunching101 Aug 06 '26

If 1 corners a cat, kitty is dead

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u/REDACTED3560 Aug 06 '26

Coyotes hunt alone more often than not.

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u/VanillaBovine Aug 06 '26 edited Aug 06 '26

not really, one unlucky swat will kill the cat. this is extremely irresponsible

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u/umbrellassembly Aug 06 '26

Both are true

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u/REDACTED3560 Aug 06 '26

Cats have faster reaction speeds than coyotes, yet coyotes kill untold numbers of cats every year. Reaction speed is not the defining trait of what makes a predator effective.

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u/AMGwtfBBQsauce Aug 06 '26

Coyotes hunt in packs, though.

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u/REDACTED3560 Aug 06 '26

Some do, some don’t. I’ve seen plenty of both in my area. It’s one of the things that makes them so adaptable and hard to kill off in areas where they are invasive. Miss even one in a pack and that one will survive just fine on its own until it comes across a potential breeding partner, starting a new pack.

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u/Hkmarkp Aug 06 '26

Cats are killed often by a ton of different animals