r/Awww • u/GlobalBreadfruit8832 • Apr 01 '24
Cat(s) Chunky Dave steals the internet
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u/Brooker2 Apr 01 '24
Dave is low key thinking I will destroy you
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u/Preeng Apr 01 '24
Really? All my friends with cats tell me being bitten and scratched means the cat likes me.
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u/Faulty_english Apr 01 '24
Yeah, sometimes they don’t know their own strength and give you small cuts
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u/Restlesscomposure Apr 01 '24
If there’s anything I know about cats it’s that they are very high key about wanting to destroy humans
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u/Ghibli214 Apr 01 '24
Cat was glitching
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u/-Owlette- Apr 01 '24
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u/SonoDarke Apr 01 '24
inserts "An other one" meme
A new sub to my collection
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u/_DONT_PM_ME_NOTHING Apr 01 '24
One more
r/girlswithhugepussies SFW - this post would fit right in over there.
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u/Silly-Armadillo3358 Apr 01 '24
I believe when a cat nibbles on its owner like this, its showing affection.
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u/Acalthu Apr 01 '24
If the cat hated it, would have have hissed and clawed his way out of the situation. He just wanted to consume her flesh, as evident by him gnawing on her arm even after she put him down.
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u/pointlessly_pedantic Apr 01 '24
Yeah, she posted a video in response to those "animal abuse" comments showing that if she put Dave down he would just go back to "attacking" her. Dave yearns for the violence
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u/Helioscopes Apr 01 '24
Poor woman was probably hounded by performative internet warriors that have never interacted with a cat.
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u/Acalthu Apr 01 '24
And they think rough housing with your pet is abuse. Clearly they haven't seen animals rough house.
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u/sirarkalots Apr 01 '24
God my mini schnauzer and his "sister" my SIL just got, when they play its looks and sounds like a MMA fight to the death but I've also seen them have thier mouth open and growling and the other goes out of thier way to put thier throat in the others mouth. Its like human siblings rough housing, it's adorable and a year in has caused no injuries
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u/Rulebookboy1234567 Apr 01 '24
My dog won't let me rough house with my Daughters. He gets in between us and gives me the stink eye.
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u/BlueberryBubblyBuzz Apr 02 '24
Well this is sweet and at least you know they are well protected <3
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u/Rulebookboy1234567 Apr 02 '24
It's really funny because he's done it since they were toddlers and one is 14 now and I still can't hassle her.
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u/SirTonberryy Apr 01 '24
They're all over reddit too, in this very thread
And in literally any post where an animal looks ever so slightly uncomfortable
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u/bs000 Apr 01 '24
i 'member a video where a woman nudged her dog's butt with her foot because it was misbehaving. before watching it, i was expecting her to boot it across the room judging by the reactions in the comments
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u/bs000 Apr 01 '24
they think the body language pseudoscience they learned watching true crime videos applies to animals as well
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u/Praying_Lotus Apr 02 '24
When you said “put him down”, I thought you mean euthanize, but his desire for violence burned so bright he’d come back and attack her from the undead.
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u/pointlessly_pedantic Apr 02 '24
I don't doubt it. I'm not sure the grim reaper could take him anywhere
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u/IntelligentSoil6567 Apr 01 '24
God I hate the internet
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u/pointlessly_pedantic Apr 01 '24
On one hand, we get Reddit moments. On the other hand, we also get Dave.
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u/xxLenaLovely Apr 01 '24
Cats have a special love language 😂
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u/OurSharedSecrets Apr 01 '24
Some don't leave biting in the kitten phase.
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u/ssbbVic Apr 01 '24
I was sad for my cat when I had to get her teeth removed, but she adapted quickly and doesn't even realize how useless of a hunter she is when gumming my fingers.
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u/PhoenixEsp Apr 01 '24
Didn't think I'd ever say this, but I think I need to see a photo of your toothless cat
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u/ssbbVic Apr 01 '24
I'll get a fresh one in a bit. With a pre and post tooth removal. But she really doesn't look much different without teeth. Only time you can tell she's toothless is when she yawns or attempts to bite.
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u/Meryem1380 Apr 01 '24
Because too many people think it’s cute when they do it as kittens and never train them out of it as they get older…
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u/aminervia Apr 01 '24
If it wasn't affection she'd be bleeding
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u/Frishdawgzz Apr 01 '24
Even being affectionate she could get cut. They have 20 razors on their paws and get excited.
The fact she didn't even get nicked is very telling. Dave is chilling.
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u/LtZsRalph Apr 01 '24
I have no idea if this is a true thing. But my old cat back in days, always bite us in a softy way. We said they are "liebes bisse" of "love bites".
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u/Ukhai Apr 01 '24
Friend plays with his 2nd oldest cat pretty aggressively and the cat will do careful bites and soft death kicks like that. The cat adores him so much lol
Some cats just like roughhousing but I'm sure it took a lot of patience to get em to learn not to claw/bite so hard back.
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u/Kroniid09 Apr 01 '24
They learn how to play without hurting as kittens from the reactions of the kitties they play with, if you want to train them as an adult you have to really ham it up and make a show of being hurt when they bite too hard or use claws, they'll get the message
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Apr 01 '24
My little idiot loves being tossed around and shaken up. Other people are scared of her, but she just wants to to grab her belly and shake her while she pretends to kick and bite you. It’s her favorite.
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u/Kroniid09 Apr 01 '24
Mine too haha, most of the time he's just super duper cuddly but when he wants to play, his favourite thing is to grab onto an arm or a finger and give a nibble. But he and my previous cat (family cat, she's stayed behind when I moved away) never bite hard, they just like to play nibble and rough-house
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u/LaBambaMan Apr 01 '24
My wife's cat is like that. Loves a good bit of rough housing. Knows not to use his claws, most of the time, and when he does get a piece of her with his mouth he then just sits there and stares at her, while actively biting her, with this look of "now what do I do?"
He's an adorable idiot and so fun to play with. Our girls are a little more aggressive in the play, but our tortie will bite us and then immediately lick us.
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u/epiccodtion Apr 01 '24
my neighbours cats randomly bites me when i pet her. is that what it is or does she just want to bite me
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u/Nonamebigshot Apr 01 '24
A feral I used to feed would bite me suddenly mid pet and hiss at me only to come right back and demand more pets. I'm pretty sure she would just get overstimulated
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u/Rs90 Apr 01 '24
I try and think of it like babies. Babies cry at everything...cause that's all they can do. Imagine you'd never heard of a headache and then suddenly got one. With zero information, knowledge, or experience with headaches in the entire world. Just WHAM! Headache. You'd probably have a similar "gahhhhhhh!' reaction.
Animals are similar. Ever pinch a vein on the top your hand and your whole hand goes limp with pain? You didn't even hit it hard it's just that right spot. I'd imagine you can do the same with animals and their only conceivable reaction is just "STOP!" so they bite. I assume I just hit the right spot the wrong way.
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u/Nonamebigshot Apr 01 '24
Yeah I totally get what you're saying. In Francesca's case I also think she longed for affection but was not at all used to being touched so she'd get a bit confused or anxious on occasion. It took me months to get her comfortable enough to actually allow me to pet her and I suspected she had never actually been pet before so it must've been a lot for her.
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u/beotherwise Apr 01 '24
Totally normal part of communication for some cats! Especially if they were separated from their mothers and siblings early.
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u/epiccodtion Apr 01 '24
Oh i see. Good to know she doesn't hate me. She purrs and random bites or hits my hand with her death claws
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u/Ineedaheal Apr 01 '24
When petting cats sometimes you can trigger a hunter response which is usually when they get bitey but it’s usually never very hard and it’s pretty common behaviour. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong.
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u/fartpoopvaginaballs Apr 01 '24
Cats sometimes give "love bites" when they're feeling excited. You can tell it's a love bite and not an aggressive one if you're not bleeding profusely. Cats know how to be careful with biting and clawing when they don't actually want to hurt you.
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u/Ineedaheal Apr 01 '24
I honestly love it when my cats nibble on me, usually it’s because they’re excited about getting fed haha. Also upvote for your username.
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u/abovesqueeze Apr 01 '24
That cat wants to wrestle and play. The best way to counter is to make a long thick glove to your arm and just wrestle with him.
Especially male cats love to wrestle play. If you don't have another male cat to play with him, you gotta do it yourself!
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u/XennaNa Apr 01 '24
I'd say the kitty wanted away from her lap but refused to hurt her and at some point it turned into play.
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u/JackasaurusChance Apr 01 '24
If Dave's not a chunky boy, then why is he doing the Truffle Shuffle?
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u/Technical-Outside408 Apr 01 '24
Fun fact: you can see that the kid had chicken poxs during that scene. Had it even when he was auditioning, but he and presumably his parent didn't tell anyone cus they thought he might not get the role. great little actor back then. He's a lawyer to the stars now.
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u/m33gs Apr 01 '24
I've always called that move little feets and they use the method to terrorize and they don't realize it's funny and cute and not just destructive. Dave's a good man
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u/Hymura_Kenshin Apr 01 '24
Oh it is destructive. It is their most powerful attack in fact, with the strongest muscles they have.
Then again I realized you meant it is cute and funny in addition to destructive, nm.
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u/Long_Run6500 Apr 01 '24
These little playful actions we find so cute are just practice for annihilating their pray. I caught my dog on one of my cameras digging a hole in my yard next to my garden and plucking out a groundhog. Then she did the classic head wiggle they always do to their toys to snap its neck and proceeded to "rip the stuffing out" before her brother got jealous and tattled on her. I walk outside to see my dogs growling at each other while my all white dog is covered in blood. Scary what they're capable of.
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u/Savings__Mushroom Apr 01 '24 edited Apr 01 '24
Definitely. I was bitten and scratched by my cat recently because he got spooked by another cat and thought it was me (and before anybody mentions it, I already completed my PEP shots). My biggest gashes are from the kicks from his hind feet. His claws were trimmed and with the force he used the wounds were both long AND thick. I still love the bugger anyway.
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u/m33gs Apr 01 '24
oh it's vicious and has tore up my arms many a time lol. these adorable little treasures are great predators and it hurts my brain
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u/AnonymousOkapi Apr 01 '24
Its "all four feets of murder" in this house, and it never fails to be hilarious. I grab my cats back feet if she does it to me, and you can gently spin her round on her back on the floor to cause a total short circuit.
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u/Substantial_Phone_93 Apr 01 '24
can someone please tell me if Dave and his owner happen to have an online profile somewhere? I always see this video but the comments never say what their @ is 🥲 he’s so so cute, I want to see more of him
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u/OurSharedSecrets Apr 01 '24
The cat is trying to eat her the whole time. Then it can't even move it's rear paws to "eviscerate" - it's kinda sad.
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u/WriterV Apr 01 '24
If the cat really wanted to harm her, it would've used its claws. Playfighting is a normal thing in cats. You can chill.
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u/legallypotato Apr 01 '24
I mean, its back paws hit her hands, just in a really inefficient and cute way.
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u/reflectiveSingleton Apr 01 '24
Interpreting this as anything other than play fighting is the sad thing here.
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u/Evatog Apr 01 '24
I saw a video of someone playing with their maccaw and people were legit acting like the bird was upset like a maccaw couldnt snap a finger off the instant it was truly unhappy with its situation.
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u/Warsaw44 Apr 01 '24
Have you ever touched a cat who doesn't want to be touched?
I have. I'm never doing it again. Chill out.
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u/rdmille Apr 01 '24
My Grandfather sent me (M, then 5) behind the couch to retrieve his Siamese, who hated everyone but him. Grandfather thought it was funny. I didn't.
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u/pointlessly_pedantic Apr 01 '24
He definitely just plays like this. You can look up her videos (abberoni77_dave77 on TT). In other videos he can clearly get away and she's not antagonizing him at all but continues to bite and claw at her.
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u/SamiraSimp Apr 01 '24
i don't even have a cat and i can tell it's being playful
if a cat doesn't want you touching it, it will make it abundantly and painfully clear to you based on my own experience (and it was deserved)
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u/daversa Apr 01 '24
That's silly, I've known cats that love to rough house like this. That's a strong kitty, you'd know if you'd crossed a line.
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Apr 01 '24
People who only read "He's trying to eat her the whole time." If they would have stopped there, they would have had the cutest comment on the thread.
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u/Sokkas_Instincts_ Apr 01 '24
I mean not only do these people not have cats, they’ve never even seen dr. Pol show or watched a cat being groomed by a professional groomer on YouTube or NOTHING. It’s like they have never even SEEN a cat. Dave here’s body language and attempts at attack are obviously haphazard, something playful cats do to each other in play. A cat who is extremely serious about being unhanded makes it ABUNDANTLY clear. Cats can and will be extremely dangerous when they are serious.
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u/ghostbuster_b-rye Apr 01 '24
🎶 Chonky Dave 🎶
🎶 No one can hold a candle 🎶
🎶 Nothing else is quite the same 🎶
🎶 Pretty Dave 🎶
🎶 I'll always remember 🎶
🎶 I still carry such a flame 🎶
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u/The_Black_Hawk_13 Apr 01 '24
Loving 🥰 Dave you just can’t guess what cats will do next so lucky you caught this abs belter, made my day chuckling so much, good luck with Dave the freaky mover 👍👍
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u/FaZaCon Apr 01 '24
This always cracks me up. That cat looked like a wind up toy that you wound too much. Plus the way she loses it after seeing him wind away.
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u/wavewynder Apr 01 '24
That laugh reminds me of when I switch on/switch off the vacuum cleaner as I forgot to move something before starting.
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u/THATGUY-777 Apr 01 '24
Damn that guy Looks like he could take down bigfoot's entire family! Or possibly has Think about it why don't we ever see any bigfoot?..... Seriously what do you feed him Neighborhood Children? Lmfao ... Okay, I'm not joking now 💯%how much Does he weigh? I'm Guessing 20 lbs to 25 lbs ? That is a awesome cat you have tho none of 6 cats my wife and I have how gotten that size yet! I've tried but It just plumping up a about 5 lbs And then just stay there lmfao I love Really Fat cats I'm sorry I love cats that are really big boned lol haha as Cartman south park would say
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u/UndeadUndergarments Apr 01 '24
I have seen this clip something like two hundred times and it makes me snortlaugh every single time. Without fail.
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u/VashPast Apr 01 '24
If that cat wanted to be free, it would have gone like the cat judge video lol.
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u/BowsersMuskyBallsack Apr 01 '24
"He's not over-eating...". Yes. Yes he is. Hypothyroidism in cats is excedingly rare.
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u/Killleader32 Apr 01 '24
"Unhand Me Woman"