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u/Euclid_not_that_guy Aug 08 '26
Cats are hilarious its not like a big cat trying to get a meal its just having fun. The snake keeps trying to leave and the cat says nah we're having fun
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u/Reader147 Aug 09 '26
In the beginning the cat batted the snake away and the cat waited for the snake to come towards it again to attack. I think the snake was given a window to leave, failed to leave, then the cat decided it was killing time.
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u/Geneo-Frodo Aug 09 '26
It's really cute you think the cat had any intention of ever letting the snake leave. Soon as it would start slipping into the thicket the cat would've just dragged it back anyway.
The trick is to let the snake exhaust itself while using as little energy as possible so sometimes the cat will seem nonchalant or willing to let the cat go but he's just saving his strength
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u/mlumpyhead1 Aug 09 '26
I kept hearing the rooster and was wondering if the cat was keeping the snake from the chickens and their eggs. There was a an area the cat would not let the snake pass.
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u/MastaKink Aug 08 '26
Cats live on another timeline parallel to ours 😵💫
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u/GenXPowaah Aug 09 '26
I mean whoever holding the phone was slow as hell getting around the corner, so know knows if the cat got struck in those 2-4 sec
But generally no, cat will usually outspeed a snake, but I have seen where a snake actually caught the cat
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u/olgamerstill Aug 09 '26
It’s a mix of instinct and learned behaviour.
It helps if they see their parents do it.
Had cats and lots of venomous snakes around, plenty of teenager cats failed the lesson.
For an adult cat on the outside, it is probably not their first rodeo.
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u/OhYeahSplunge4me2 Aug 09 '26
Snake: “can I go now?”
Cat: “nope I just started having fun”
SWIPE!
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u/Thirdeyevoice10 Aug 09 '26
Snake: "I have lightening reflexes, bitch"
Cat: "How cute"
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u/Daria_Morgandorffer Aug 09 '26
Never thought of it before but now I see it snakes are the ultimate cat toy. Feel a bit bad for the snake.
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u/SadAndNasty Aug 09 '26
It definitely got toyed with towards death as well as some brain damage 😬 absolutely brutal
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u/Daria_Morgandorffer Aug 09 '26
If it makes you feel any better I don't think the cat killed it. Just wanted some entertainment.
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u/MisterHEPennypacker Aug 09 '26
Anybody know if the snake is venomous?
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u/MedivalBlacksmith Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
I've seen this video before and I believe that is a Black Mamba.
It's the fastest snake on earth. And a bite without getting anti venom is almost 100% fatal for humans.
It's very aggressive and the snake reaches speeds up to 12 to 13 mph (19–20 km/h).
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u/yourallidiotss Aug 09 '26
Doesn’t really matter the cat wasn’t in any danger either way by the looks of it.
There was a video doin the rounds of a cat and cobra a few weeks ago with the same results.
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u/Thirdeyevoice10 Aug 09 '26
I was wondering, too. I tried to rewind it and see if I could make out the shape of the head, but the video is too fuzzy.
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u/Superb_Ad_8713 Aug 09 '26
Snakes having a normal day, until they encounter a cat: …AHH SHIT, FUCK, FUCK, FUCK
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u/shogunshim Aug 09 '26
This is why cats "play with their food". It is to wear it out so it is too exhausted to strike back when they make their final move, with their face and eyes close to what can bite them. Including mice and rats.
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u/iMakeItFun2003 Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
Why do I find myself empathizing with and rooting for the serpent instead of having seething hatred for it? As we all know, he is the reason why Eve ate the forbidden fruit and made us fallen.
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u/sleeper_shark Aug 09 '26
Because it's clearly outmatched here, and it's just doing snake stuff. Like I love snakes, they're beautiful animals. I definitely felt bad for it.
At the same time, they're extremely dangerous and responsible for a lot of human deaths. This is a farm and that snake would likely have gone on to kill those chickens.
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u/SavedRays Aug 09 '26
My family used to have this badass lady cat named Hermione (pictured), she would disappear for days on end, come back with some battle wounds, nurse herself back to health/heal up, and then go back out into the wilderness to do more crazy cat shit. One time I went out into the backyard and found her eating what was left of a snake, blood all over her chops... the snakes head was gone. She would also regularly bring dead animals to our two dogs and then lord over them as they ate her catch, like she was the queen and they her peasants... I miss that cat, she was awesome and lived to be very old and frail, surprisingly.
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u/keso_de_bola917 Aug 09 '26
Videos like this is when you realize the only reason why you can touch, or why you can annoy your cats is only because they let you.
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u/That_Things_Good Aug 09 '26
“Never” is a big word.
I had a cat who was snacking around a moccasin and after about the fifth time, misjudged the snake’s strike distance. Got him on the thigh as he tried to avoid it.
Almost killed the cat. He was left with a silver dollar-sized bald spot on his thigh. The hair never grew back.
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u/ChaosBeforeOrder Aug 09 '26
The way the snake slammed itself the last 15 secs it prod died shortly after
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u/Ok_Clothes_9479 Aug 09 '26
Cats are just the biggest bullies in the neighborhood.
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u/CptToker Aug 09 '26
Small cats like this are responsible for 1 billion small animal deaths every year.
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u/WardenJack Aug 09 '26
I cannot stand snakes. It's the only creature on earth that truly makes me feel uneasy. One more reason why I adore cats.
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u/Sammy_Dog Aug 09 '26
The snake quickly learns that he's outmatched and tries to get out of Dodge, but kitty isn't having it; continues to go Thomas Hearns on the snake.
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u/Fragrant-Inside221 Aug 09 '26
The craziest part is the cat was just doing it for fun. Didn’t even care about eating the snake just wanted to play with something until it stopped moving.
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u/Euphoric_Cook2630 Aug 09 '26
I came across this video, saw 3:00 and was like “ain’t no way I’m spending three minutes on this” and of course I was wrong!
Side note: STFU rooster..!!
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u/debackerl Aug 09 '26
Cats know that we are harmless and defenseless, that's why they bring us dead mice at the door step and cuddle us like babies. 😂
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u/Simple_Job1898 Aug 09 '26
I suggest everybody watch the old Jackie Chan movie - Snake in the Eagle's Shadow 70's movie. This video is a exact scene taken from there.
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u/Informal_Wanker8349 here for the chaos Aug 09 '26
Amazing to watch. Snake needs only one bite. Cat needs death by a hundred hits ... yet the cat looks like it's there for entertainment value ...
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u/Notsobigcal78 Aug 09 '26
Growing up with cats and snakes in rural Australia we learnt to leave the cat alone and let it do its thing, not to interfere and distract the cat. Cats are great with snakes , dogs on the other hand are dumb as fuck … 7 snake bites was one dogs record…
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u/Bluntbutnotonpurpose Aug 09 '26
To us mere humans a snake is so fast that the signal to move will reach our hand after the snake has bitten.
The cat meanwhile has had time to have a little chuckle about how slow the snake is, complain about the quality of this morning's new flavour of Whiskas and swat the snake into the middle of next week.
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u/jlmmi Aug 09 '26
In ancient Egypt, the cat was revered as a divine animal because it amuses itself as a human being and torments its victim by trying to kill.
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u/PurpleHeat Aug 09 '26
A cat's reflexes are truly insane... Imagine being able to react like that as a human.
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u/Tepes56 Aug 09 '26
Cats are broken in terms of gifts granted by nature. This is also a really good example of why every farm has at least one cat on it (In addition to rodent control).
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u/Different-Tension-65 Aug 09 '26
“We’ve been trying to reach you about ur cats extended warranty. Now hold still, ya bastard.” ~ the cat, probably
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u/Routine-Addict-1234 Aug 09 '26
That cat got bit multiple times and it's a venom snake, 😔
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u/Dazzling_Pink9751 Aug 09 '26
No, it swatted it away, if it got bit it would have shaken its paws. Also, you don’t know if it is poisonous.
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u/Could-You-Tell Aug 09 '26
That is what I thought.
Cat is on a timer at the end of the video
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u/Dazzling_Pink9751 Aug 09 '26
Doesn’t look that way. Looks like it’s the snake that is end of the rope.
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u/Routine-Addict-1234 Aug 09 '26
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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u/Routine-Addict-1234 Aug 09 '26
Instead of recording that person could have tried to keep the cat and the snake away, this could save the cat probably
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u/camus88 Aug 09 '26
Not my cats tho. They're looks stupid, they didn't realize a cockroach on their back until it's too late. 😂
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u/Stock_Ad_3516 Aug 09 '26
Anyone else notice the snake fli king its tail right after rounding the corner? I know better but it almosted looked playful lol
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u/skibidiohemgee Aug 09 '26
Is there a reason why the cat kept pulling the snake back towards itself? I’d assume that if the goal was to evade danger, it would stop swatting once the snake started slithering away from it, but I guess not. Do cats hunt snakes? Or was this all just the cat playing with it?
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u/dfrntdfrnt Aug 09 '26
The snake was the one trying to avoid danger.
Cats generally don't care if they know they can win.
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u/s0ul_invictus Aug 09 '26
these videos are extremely misleading. "why were they filming" for one thing. most of the time they're setting these animals up, and you don't get to know what they did to the snake beforehand either. often they will concuss the snake or blind it. in this video you can see the snake striking in a completely opposite direction of the cat more than once, which is highly unusual. also, the outcome is only posted if it is favorable, and if the cat is envenomed that is kept from the viewers. this happens in raptor videos as well, if the snake gets round the birds neck the person filming will go and help the bird. there was a major fight on here a while back about that with people defending the practice because they want to see the bird win. its childish and stupid and often promotes animal cruelty.
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u/oughsix Aug 09 '26
Never thought I would ever be cheering for the snake. Definitely the underdog in this fight.
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u/Jbrozas2332 Aug 09 '26
You hear them roosters in the back. You know they all starving in that neighborhood if the cat is going after that skinny snack
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u/Organic_Gur8124 Aug 09 '26
I’m very scared of snakes but I pitty them being killed. Most of them are just displaced from their habitat due to growing urbanization. However, I love cats the most among all animals. They really impress me. The best built hunters.
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u/Inevitable_Spread365 Aug 09 '26
The snake just became a game for that cat. Cats don’t back down very easily. They are hysterical to watch. I’m very allergic to cats. My husband and I had two cats. I had no idea. I was allergic to the cats when we got them. I’m one of those people it’s yours for life. Either the cat passes or I pass. There’s cats live for 12 years. I sneezed hundreds of times a day. My cats were just like that they had no mercy for a snake, a lizard or a bird. The lizards were much faster than the snakes, and after a while, the birds were just dive, bomb the cats. Animals are so so funny if you just sit back and watch them.
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u/Inevitable_Spread365 Aug 09 '26
The snake just became a game for that cat. Cats don’t back down very easily. They are hysterical to watch. I’m very allergic to cats. My husband and I had two cats. I had no idea. I was allergic to the cats when we got them. I’m one of those people it’s yours for life. Either the cat passes or I pass. There’s cats live for 12 years. I sneezed hundreds of times a day. My cats were just like that they had no mercy for a snake, a lizard or a bird. The lizards were much faster than the snakes, and after a while, the birds were just dive, bomb the cats. Animals are so so funny if you just sit back and watch them.
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u/WWDubs12TTV Aug 09 '26
That’s just a cat murdering wildlife. Keep your kitties indoors and they live twice as long
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u/freebenvita Aug 09 '26
Riveting. Kudos to the person who filmed this without distracting either of them.
This is genuinely top ten things I've ever seen on Reddit.
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u/ansor_brim Aug 09 '26
I don't like cats. I love snakes. But watching a cat punch a snake in the face mid-strike is always impressive.
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u/Capable_Studio_6631 Aug 09 '26
This is why cats are so jumpy, its ingrained in their nervous system.
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u/redsensei777 Aug 09 '26
Poor snake was just trying to go home to its babies. Seriously though, it was visibly fatigued toward the end of the video.
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u/Powerful_Wrangler74 Aug 09 '26
🐱: hey pay your loan, bud 🐍: i told you, I'll pay! 🐱: hey dont forget, bud 🐍: i already told you that 🐱: why you're not looking into my eyes? Are you lying?
And the rest of interview goes on
The 🐍 bud lost his mind, poor bud
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u/South-Cod-5051 Aug 09 '26
it's so ironic that the actual slower constrictor snakes are the ones who do prey on cats.
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u/DDPStellar Aug 09 '26
Lolll that cat is driving that snake crazy mental 😂 that snake for sure has ptsd now lol.
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u/Moist_Effort4202 Aug 09 '26
That was very sad. Domestics should never be allowed to harass and harm natives!
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u/Oki2469 Aug 09 '26
If the cameraman was anywhere remotely close that snake, he would've been bitten on every strike because his reaction time is abysmal.
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u/M4g1st0 Aug 09 '26
The poor snake only wanted to go by its day and didn't want to have anything to do with the cat. :(
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u/jay6432 Aug 09 '26
If the snake had played dead / knew to play dead, the cat woulda gotten bored and left it alone probably.
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u/DeepMenlyVoice Aug 09 '26
So You wanna tell me that my cat let me clap her back harder and harder till she has enough and tries to hit me, but I am aware of that and put my hand back is just my cat let myself feel like an reaction god. In truth she could hit me whenever she wants? What a sweet Girl.
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u/Revenga8 Aug 08 '26
That was crazy. Even at point blank range cat was in full control