r/BeAmazed • u/Dynastyisog • Jan 04 '25

Animal Dude explains why alligator won't kill him

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u/Small_Ad7715 Jan 04 '25

same with my cat honestly

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u/I-Here-555 Jan 04 '25

Yes, but I'm sure he loves me. Those scars on my hands are love bites.

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u/SixtyNineFlavours Jan 08 '25

That’s a great comparison. My cat can be an asshole but I know where the line is and where he doesn’t mind being petted etc.

When people meet him they often get too touchy with him and he attacks, but if I tell them exactly how to handle him, he’s like melted butter.

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u/CelioHogane Jan 05 '25

You know all those memes made me think Cats actually attacked their humans for no reason, untill i got my cats and literally not a single one of them has ever tried to hurt me.

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u/Dreamsnaps19 Jan 05 '25

I mean. I decided to commit the mortal sin of changing out the hair dryer and that was a costly mistake that led to 6 inch long scratches as she took off in fear. One other time something freaked her out and she got me trying to escape. But she never TRIED to hurt me.

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u/CelioHogane Jan 05 '25

Why was the cat closer to a hair dryer?

Unless it was for the cat, in wich case i mean still on you, loud noises scary, should have been more carefull there.

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u/Dreamsnaps19 Jan 05 '25

It was for her. I’d been using it for a solid year no issue. Then it died and I bought a new one. Which didn’t look like the old one I guess lmao. My bad. That was the end of her being dried

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u/Simple-Judge2756 Jan 04 '25

Can your cat pull you into a death-roll where your arms will be snapped after the first 360 degrees and you lose consciousness after about 12 full rotations ?

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u/kummer5peck Jan 04 '25

Find out for yourself. Touch the belly.

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u/Ok_Working_8537 Jan 05 '25

My cat has given me the sacred permission to touch his belly

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u/scourge_bites Jan 04 '25

no but she will bite me pretty hard if i don't read her body language correctly

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u/ShepherdessAnne Jan 05 '25

No, but she sure does seem to fantasize about it whenever my feet have socks on.

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u/Simple-Judge2756 Jan 05 '25

🤣 first funny one. Have my upvote.

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u/ShepherdessAnne Jan 05 '25

She has a lot of personality and imagination and enjoys getting slightly underneath the recliner as though a massive beast is being felled by her.

She also steals large cushions (she is TINY) and drags them around like kills to us.

She was the litter runt! She'd be terrifying at her scale.

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u/Visual_Mycologist_1 Jan 04 '25

Yes, but we have an understanding now

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u/NoPasaran2024 Jan 04 '25

My first thought exactly. Probably applies to any predator, but every cat owner knows the wrong moves that can switch from cuddle to mauling in an instant.

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u/NonsensicalPineapple Jan 04 '25

I hate that everyone supports putting down pets for biting. You want them to argue with you? When they're angry, scared, anything, pets show that by biting. Your bad ability to handle animals shouldn't be their death. Disgusting. It's one thing if a pitbull likes to hunt children, it's another if the dog tries to stop you taking its food. If you can't train it, just stop taking its food, or stay away from people, leash/muzzle it, give it to someone better.

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u/hydrus909 Jan 04 '25

And add that dogs who do deliberately seek to harm people or other animals were usually mistreated / abused. So it still comes back to the fault of a shitty human.

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u/SpacedAndFried Jan 05 '25

The only difference between house cats and lions etc is size

They would 100% hunt and eat people if they could

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u/Dreamsnaps19 Jan 05 '25

But lions don’t tend to hunt and kill people?

I’m not saying no one has ever been killed by a lion. But you’re making it sound like this is a regular thing lions do.

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u/Single-Builder-632 Jan 04 '25

Someone I know has a bunch of cats and I really like them, and they are cuddly affectionate and all that, but I don't really trust them. Everything is kinda when they want to do it, creates a weird dynamic.

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u/Strange_Purchase3263 Jan 04 '25

What makes me cringe is that cats can, and have done, real damage to a person, but the aggressive ones are tolerated rather than trained or destroyed. You wouldnt allow a dog too, so why let a cat get away with it?

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u/hydrus909 Jan 04 '25

My guess is their size and strength. While cats can fuck you up, that's about it. They can't kill you. Some dog breeds, however, are large and powerful enough to potentially kill people or small children.

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u/CelioHogane Jan 05 '25

Ok but the most dangerous dogs are the smaller ones.

I would hug a bigass german sheperd but i would never got close to a rat dog.

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u/hydrus909 Jan 05 '25

If I had to choose which dog was pissed and biting chunks out of me. I'd pick the ankle biter over a german shepherd.

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u/CelioHogane Jan 05 '25

"Tehe it hurts me but that's normal on cats"

NO IT'S NOT, CATS ARE NOT AGRESIVE ANIMALS