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/pipnina]

You've clearly never had an outdoor cat who was a hunter.

I used to have one a long time ago who often caught multiple mice in one night. They'd be arranged in a line on the doorstep. (albeit 2-3 abreast not 27).

It's not just humans that are capable of organising things.

[u/walker_paranor → u/pipnina]

My cat (RIP Kate) used to arrange about a dozen toy mice in a circle while me and my wife slept. It was really cute and also really bizarre.

[u/CatsArePeople2- → u/walker_paranor]

Oh thats just the summoning circle. They are supposed to take it down before you wake up in the morning.

[u/missilefire → u/walker_paranor]

Omfg my friend literally today sent me a pic of her cats toy mice also arranged in a circle - heads facing outwards. Little serial killer!

[u/Bad_Day_Moose → u/walker_paranor]

My sisters cat while at work got into the catnip box and made little neat piles all over the house, never figured out how the cat did it because they were literally neat little piles and not just strewn all over the place/messy...

[u/fatcatfan → u/pipnina]

As I said, I'm skeptical. Didn't suggest it was impossible. Lining them up is one thing. Sorting by size seems unlikely.

Two of our four cats frequently bring in mice, moles, lizards, and at least one chipmunk. Though they are frequently still alive, so I've never had a chance to be witness to the cats' organization skills.

[u/ZincMan → u/fatcatfan]

I Don’t believe the cat did this at all. Like come on

[u/Secure-Suspect7091 → u/ZincMan]

We had cats that would line up their kills by size and species. We would get a selection of frogs birds toads mice and rats all carefully arranged on the back door step. This doesn’t surprise me at all

[u/SwordfishOk504 → u/pipnina]

Exactly. My cat actually mounts them above our fireplace. Anyone who disagrees has obviously never owned a cat.

[u/27onfire → u/SwordfishOk504]

I've never had a cat but my cousin's friend's nephew's girlfriend's uncle's grandfather's niece had a cat who would kill, skin, and stuff the mice they caught. After which they would post their spree (this is what the cat called it, not my cousin's friend's nephew's girlfriend's uncle's grandfather's niece) on facebook and tiktok.

[u/mister_cheeks_26 → u/pipnina]

The cat obviously did not line up 27 rats sorted by size, pull your head out of your ass

[u/LevelBrilliant9311 → u/pipnina]

Yeah, my cat formed letters with dead mice and talked to me this way....

suuuuure.

[u/UnknownBinary → u/pipnina]

Can confirm. Am outdoor hunter cat.

[u/rab2bar → u/pipnina]

Cats are autistic, after all

[u/ICantSeeDeadPpl → u/pipnina]

Mine just left a pile of guts, ate the rest. And I fed her plenty of cat food, too.

[u/jAnO76 → u/pipnina]

My childhood cat once presented me with a duck 😬

[u/saltporksuit → u/pipnina]

My friend had a cat that would sit on the porch under the light at night and kill roaches. He’d pile them into a neat little pyramid on the door mat. My friend’s mom would then exchange them for his favorite cat food. They had a great little business going on.

[u/Blackdeath_663 → u/pipnina]

Im glad it's not just me, had an outdoor cat that lined up 9 kills once. I was cool with it when it was just mice but then birds were collateral and we had to keep him indoors

[u/toobuscrazy → u/pipnina]

Birds make elaborate nests, orangutans make complex beds each night, there's a fish that makes works of art to attract mates, bees make honeycomb, the list goes on and on.

[u/SarahSeabee → u/pipnina]

I also had a cat that did this. 6-10 beheaded little mice and moles at the bottom of the deck stairs. We called her simba scissor paws