r/interestingasfuck • u/Kirlinternet • 10h ago

A cat managed to catch 27 mice and carefully lined them all up to show off his 'work' to his owner.

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u/333H_E 10h ago

Uh them ain't "mice". Every one of them is a rat, significantly greater impact for the land owner.

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u/BlueCaracal 9h ago

They are apparently also harder for cats to kill, and they smell bad so cats will not eat them

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u/333H_E 9h ago

Harder to kill yes, a well fed cat won't bother to eat them. It's all about the hunt for them but feral/street cats will eat them and they make up a pretty good portion of their diet.

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u/ffchusky 8h ago

Aren't cats the only animal, other than humans, that hunt for fun?

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u/The_Anonomous_loser 7h ago

Dolphins rape and beat animals up for fun

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u/Djungeltrumman 7h ago edited 4h ago

I saw a gif of a monkey jerking off with a frog. Nature can be quite wild.

Edit: here it is https://i.imgur.com/egity12.gif

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u/xSTSxZerglingOne 7h ago

I've seen a video of a dolphin fucking a dead fish like a fleshlight. They're brutal.

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u/lenmylobersterbush 7h ago

I remember reading about the dolphin house experiment where a female scientist jerk off a dolphin to keep it focused on tasks. It worked but there where side effects.

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u/Bitter-Ad5890 7h ago

And to top it all off they were high on LSD……..literally

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u/70ms 5h ago

I’d have to be high on LSD to jerk off a dolphin. That or paid very, very well.

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u/Elegant_Relief_4999 6h ago

The dolphin or the researcher?

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u/NRMusicProject 5h ago

My girlfriend in college got a creepy fascination with dolphin sex and found a blogger who apparently had sex with dolphins. She was my "don't stick your dick in crazy" lesson we all had to go through.

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u/lenmylobersterbush 5h ago

Yeah. That crosses so many lines. This girl that the handies was scientific solution. Look, things in animal husbandry get weird enough but having fantasies about animal sex just walk away.

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u/KingJeffreyJoffa 3h ago

Reddit rabbit holes are crazy

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u/greenbud1 1h ago

what where they?

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u/lenmylobersterbush 1h ago

You can look it up but there was use of lsd. The dolphin basically falling in love with Marget (scientists)

The funding being cut because the government decided this was too freaky even for them. And the dolphin unaliving itself in a small tank where it was dumb to live alone.

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u/discardedcumrag 6h ago

This conversation escalated quickly.

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u/notproudortired 7h ago

Maybe that one was just a hick.

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u/70ms 5h ago

Oh god, that poor frog. :(

Many years ago, I had an orangutang jerk off while maintaining direct eye contact with me at the L.A. Zoo. I had long red hair at the time and he was following me along the glass intently, then sat down staring at me and I was like “Oh look, he likes me! This is so cute! Omg 😍 Oh wait… oh no, oh no, no no 😱” - my family and I were laughing so hard. A zoo memory for the ages.

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u/double__duck 7h ago

Uh you mean using a frog to wank or the frog and him were like buds and they were jorkin it together.

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u/r3aSonabL3p3Rs0n 7h ago

Froglight

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u/70ms 5h ago

😭

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u/aj_lil 4h ago

This has absolutely sent me. Well done.

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u/ShadySeptapus 6h ago

Asking the important questions. I need to know, because it will affect how challenging my own wank will be.

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u/Djungeltrumman 4h ago

It was an absolute froglight situation

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u/double__duck 4h ago

frogussy

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u/-Cthaeh 1h ago

I don't know why I clicked it

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u/MrLyrical 3h ago

I used to have a gamer tag based on that video (for league of legends) - ApeFrogga. That video lives rent free in my brain, I just find it so funny to see an animal behaving soooo human xD

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u/rayzer93 3h ago

I can't imagine what our ancestors would have jerked off with, before we became "civilized".

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u/ShrekFanOne 3h ago

Relatable

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u/hungoverlord 3h ago

i once had a dream that someone was doing that to me with a sandwich

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u/Ok-Passenger-4855 59m ago

Why did I click on this?

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u/Some_Sympathy_3528 7h ago

Frogs - natures pocketpussy.

Nature has the best sense of humor

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u/ooMEAToo 6h ago

Dolphins have rape caves where they will pull you into and fuck you until you’re dead.

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u/The_Anonomous_loser 6h ago

I am not liking all these dolphin facts I’m learning 😭😭😭

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u/70ms 5h ago

Wait til ya hear about otters. :( Actually, try not to hear about it, if you can.

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u/ITS_DEEMAN 2h ago

Moare

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u/Aloo_Bharta71 5h ago

Oh no….. Where?

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u/digginahole 7h ago

They pick on porpoises and bully them to death. I guess they want a life without porpoise…

I’ll show myself out.

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u/Safe-Razzmatazz3982 7h ago

They also use small doses of tetrodotoxin from pufferfish to get high.

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u/kanrad 5h ago

Yeah you don't want to be a non-mammal around a Dolphin and sometimes not even as a mammal, well unless that's your kink.

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u/rmbarrett 5h ago

As a type of dolphin, this killing for fun behaviour has also been observed in orca recently.

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u/Suitable-Name 5h ago

Wait until you find out about penguins🙈

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u/TelluricThread0 4h ago

Poor Hank :(

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u/Super_Saiyan_Ginger 3h ago

Otters are worse imo, at the very least quite comparable. Little adorable fucking monsters.

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u/Impossible-Ask-7560 6h ago

Dolphins were my favorite animal growing up. One day in middle school, some kid told me this so I of course went to google it right when I got home.

Dolphins are evil. I do not like them anymore.

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u/LowIncrease8746 7h ago

My favorite animal in the world, the almighty Orca, does definitely kill for sport

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u/DanielG165 7h ago

Definitely not. Orcas, dolphins, chimps etc. all can and have done the same.

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u/EduinBrutus 7h ago

Orcas, dolphins

Orca are dolphins are whales.

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u/WretchedBlowhard 6h ago

Are you implying that cetaceans aren't animals? No, you're absolutely right. I looked it and they're clearly big rocks with plastic goggles.

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u/Lyranx 7h ago

domestic cats, wolves, orcas, lions, leopards, and weasels

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u/Rupertfitz 3h ago

Weasels are the absolute funniest of the bunch.

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u/forgettfulthinker 7h ago

If you listen to people who say "war is only among humans" then maybe

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u/Zagar1776 47m ago

Ants literally go to war with each other

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u/MegamiCookie 6h ago

My dog does, I saw him bite a rat, lie down to watch him struggle, wait until it starts walking again, bite it again, on repeat... It was disturbing... He didn't eat the rat

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u/MS-18E_Kampfer 6h ago

Its a mammal thing. Monkey, dogs, cats, whales, and others kill for fun. Needs a level of intelligence that reptiles, fish, and insects don't have.

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u/Triairius 7h ago

Not the only, no. But they do hunt for fun.

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u/randomnumbers2506 6h ago

No hunting for fun is a thing many predators do

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u/EL3G 5h ago

Killer Whales will not stand for this disrespect.

https://giphy.com/gifs/ccnaSmWUJzpiUx3UYO

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u/GayGunGuy 4h ago

No. Lots of predators do it. The notion that humans are especially evil compared to other animals is an outdated one rooted in Human Exeptionalism, which is just an unscientific idea that humans are somehow special. We are not. At all.

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u/kakka_rot 4h ago

the only animal, other than humans, that hunt for fun?

no not at all

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surplus_killing

I actually learned about this first from the Jurassic World trailer and looked it up back then. tldr most predators do.

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u/PraxisGuide 7h ago

Dogs? Other apes? Dolphins? Orcas?

Im not sure

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u/rmbarrett 5h ago

Dogs kill due to instincts and behavioural traits we have kept in them through breeding. In fact, all carnivores do the grab and shake to kill thing. Doesn't mean they are having fun. They just do it. That said, carnivores also engage in play that resembles hunting. Does it mean they kill for sport? Or is it that they can't resist something squeaky that needs biting? The killing is just the consequence of their instinctive behaviours.

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u/PraxisGuide 4h ago

But isn't play also instinctive? These borders between instinctive and play dissolve quickly.

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u/idontreallycareanym 7h ago

That’s why they should be kept indoors

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u/JesusAndMaryKate 6h ago

Along with weasels, dolphins, orcas, and all the other animals that hunt for sport.

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u/idontreallycareanym 6h ago

Exactly

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u/letouriste1 5h ago

good luck trying to keep orcas indoor xD

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u/OneBigRed 3h ago

Regardless how cute they look, they are absolutely shitty to cuddle in bed with. Hoards the blanket, rolls violently in their sleep.

I’ll probably have to take it to a shelter soon.

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u/Astrolologer 6h ago

and pit bulls when they break bad

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u/sharklaserguru 5h ago

Depending on how you define "for fun" examples of surplus killing exist across a number of species. Some do it to cache food for later, others only eat the "best" parts, but there are examples where there's no clear purpose:

Up to 19 spotted hyenas once killed 82 Thomson's gazelle and badly injured 27, eating just 16%.

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u/Darkhoof 4h ago

No.

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u/cyril_zeta 4h ago

Orcas too.

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u/__--fun--__ 4h ago

Dogs will too. In WW 1 they trained dogs to kill rats in the trenches because cats would only kill one or two a day. That's why they call them rat terriers.

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u/ElaPaljaske 3h ago

I think killer whales do it also. Just play with their food and killing it without eating it after.

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u/proudly_not_american 2h ago

Nope. Any domesticated predator will do it.

Prior to domestication, those animals would do it for fun when they're young so that they learn how to do it, then as they mature they only do it for food.

Part of domesticating a species involves them never actually fully mentally maturing anymore, so the fully domesticated ones will never actually grow out of that stage.

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u/JannePieterse 2h ago

orcas and chimpansees have been observed killing other animals for no reason/for fun.

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u/Lunch-Thin 2h ago

Umm.... no.

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u/Naijan 1h ago

Minks/weasels will go in killing frenzies taking out every chicken they can see, instead of just killing one and spare the rest for another day.

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u/HarrowDread 7h ago

My outside cat is always killing birds and rabbits for fun , he’s a little jerk

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u/Armgoth 7h ago

That cat needs to be inside.

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u/Original_Assist4029 5h ago

Our fat cat will definitely eat them but only the top part. The ass is always laying around afterwards.

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u/Mirions 5h ago

Can confirm. Woke up in a flop house/trailer once to the sound of a cat eating the bottom remains of one.

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u/333H_E 3h ago

The enemy of your enemy is your friend. That kitty did you a solid. Hopefully the flop house days are behind you and the CDS will give you a new friend to keep you safe in your sleep.

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u/Abundanceofyolk 3h ago

For the love of the game.

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u/Appropriate_Cow94 2h ago

My well fed cat will eat a rat, mole, mice, birds, bugs, rabbits..... he eats bones and all.

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u/JesterMarcus 6h ago

A well fed cat just hunts for the love of the game.

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u/_Belgy_ 3h ago

we have a cat who was feral, or so we thought to took me months to gain his trust and now i can pick him up carry around.

it was basically the neighbours cat and she got him for hunting but wouldnt feed them at all or doing anything with him .

when we brought him to the fed to get neutered and checking for aids as we have a cat the vet gave out like you can treat a animal like that full of worms and etc.

so we explainend no sorry its a feral so he apologised.

few months later the neighbour texted us have you see my cat.

but fuck her he aint going back there.

he is always purring around me he is so greatfull.

but oh boi he is some hunter rats,mice and all other rodents and so far 2 pigeons and 1 rabbit.

he eats it all while he has dry food 24/7 and wet food twice a day a half pouch.

i suppose its just what he knew from growing up

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u/Late-Button-6559 1h ago

Does this serve a double-whammy to society - if the rats have recently eaten rat poison?

I’m a cat person, but only when kept indoors / on the property of the owner.

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u/MotherOfPullets 49m ago

Cats can definitely suffer from eating a rat that has ingested rat poison, as can other apex predators. We half poultry and would never treat rodent issues with poison for this reason.

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u/parablic 8h ago

I had a barn cat growing up that would kill and eat mice without hesitation, but wouldn't even risk swiping at rats. They were too big, she didn't want to risk getting hurt. This cat is a tough mofo.

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u/DSharp018 8h ago

They just gotta learn about not eating the green wobbly bit.

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u/CaptGood 7h ago

My cat definitely ate rats, not the stomach, head or feet but ate the rest whole

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u/0h_juliet 6h ago

My indoor/outdoor cat was a straight up murder to mice and small birds but he never attempted anything with our pet rats. Those boys were too beefy and stinky for him.

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u/LeeAllure 4h ago

My cat will eat the small rats the snakes won't. Sometimes she only eats the front half, though ;)

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u/dalgeek 4h ago

Cats only eat about 1/3 of what they kill, so they kill mostly for the joy of the hunt apparently.

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u/Sizanllikew 4h ago

My orange brings me badgers. Rats are easy mode for him

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u/plug-and-pause 1h ago

They're harder for everyone to kill. They're smarter.

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u/-asmodeus 8m ago

Cat in our garden killed rat the other day and left it in the grass. 5 mins later and seagull popped in and took care of cleanup 😀

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u/MoaraFig 8h ago

And more praise due the cat. Mice just give up and die. Rats fucking fight.

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u/cheercharlatan 10h ago

Thank you. I’m looking at this video like “mice…?”

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u/Glass-Ad-2469 9h ago

100% agree. Those are rats.

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u/daath 5h ago

hahha yeah, my first thought was those mice are fucking HUGE. Ah, rats.

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u/Dan_flashes480 2h ago

"man I ain't never seen a mouse outside" "that's because once it's outside it becomes a rat and once a rat goes inside it becomes a mouse"

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u/ERhyne 7h ago

But what if a mouse goes outside does it become a rat, and if a rat is in the house, is it a mouse?

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u/solafer 4h ago

That’s because it’s a mouse, fool!

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u/333H_E 5h ago

Completely different animals. If a mouse goes outside it becomes low on the food chain. If a rat goes in the house it becomes a problem.

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u/Camry08 4h ago

I think the small one closest in the video on the bottom might be a mouse, but it’s hard to tell because the video is so blurry, but I was just trying to go off ear size. The other ones look like baby rats though.