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[–] 45 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Ha! Cats, never change. I was on my roof fixing my satellite dish which is on a mast, and got the surprise of my life to suddenly feel my cat butting my ankles. I did not know he could climb a ladder.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Right? But they can do that absolutely flawless and surprisingly well! Though most don't do it.

    One of ours loved lying in my daughters bed when she had one with a ladder leading to it and it was amazing how he went up. Sadly I never got to take a photo or video of him doing it.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago

    Just buy a $300 outdoor cat bed and stick it up there. He'll never go on the roof again.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago

    That look: "You only cared for my wellbeing when I was up here and not down there. Curious double-standard, is it not?"

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    “You paid me little attention when I’m in house. You pay me big attention when I’m on house.”

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Again?

    But seriously, if kitty got up there kitty can get down ( most of the time ).

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    They obviously had fun.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    friend rescued a roof dog. common to put chihuahuas on the roof for security in Mexico.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Ceiling cat is watching you masturbate.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Something about the camera angle makes the cat look massive

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago*

    As long as e can clearly get down on his own, just leave him up there.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    He knows where the food is.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago
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    I’ll fuckin do it again

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    "You mad? What you gonna do about it?"

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  • [–] 48 points 1 year ago (19 children)

    Don't let your cat outside unless they are in a enclosed area

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    Outdoor domestic cats have directly contributed to the mass extinction of at least 33 species of wildlife worldwide: https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/keep-cats-indoors.pdf

    Plus the obvious answer, they live longer when they can't be mauled or run over.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (8 children)

    OK, thanks.

    So I guess the situation is this: it depends. For example our cats do kill a bird a year maybe (species that are around in large numbers) but they mostly hunt mice which are abundant in most places and it's actually a benefit to cull their numbers.

    While we also had one cat get poisoned by assholes we don't have any issues with cats getting run over ever and that's in a (EU) city.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)
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    It really does. Situated in Europe, there is no more wildlife to destroy. What wildlife could be destroyed by cats was decimated 10.000 years ago by people. At this point cats are important to cull rat and mice populations. Europe doesn't have nature anymore, and it hasn't in a very long time.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    No. This is straight up wrong.

    House cats are not effective mousers, they’re indiscriminate killers who will also kill rodents but will happily kill birds or whatever else they can.

    Historically dogs are better mousers than cats, because you can train a dog to kill just what you want.

    Cats are ambush predators, they’re not super into chasing prey very far.

    Dogs on the other hand will.

    It’s why the dachshund or rat terrier exists as a breed.

    Your pet cat isn’t a beneficial member of the ecological niche. Sorry.

    Feel free to look what I’m saying up and prove me wrong at any point.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Because cats are a godawful menace to local small vertebrate populations.

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    ...frank, you saucy bastard...

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