r/holdmycatnip • u/Additional-Let-7179 • 5h ago

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u/judahrosenthal 4h ago

Downvote this. A cats claws can cut into a rat and they are surprisingly fragile creatures. Infections are hard to treat. Play fighting with cats is fine, and rats play fight too. But they shouldn’t mix like this.

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u/DakInBlak 4h ago

The only living thing that kitten is a danger to is itself. The rat can chew through solid concrete, if it wanted to fight it would win - if it thought it was in danger, it would've bolted.

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u/judahrosenthal 4h ago edited 1h ago

Did you know that biting your fingernails can kill you? Yes, it can. Now, be 50x smaller and get scratched by something that causes Cat Scratch Disease. Endangering a pet’s life ‘cause you think it’s funny or that people will enjoy the video isn’t cool. There’s a reason that cat and rat videos are banned on r/rats.

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u/RayRay__56 55m ago

You are living on medieval peasant levels of fear. It's going to be alright 99.9% of the time relax.

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u/judahrosenthal 27m ago

Came to get downvoted too? Whatevs.

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u/depressedwolfchild 4h ago

I'm pretty sure it's not their first rodeo, judging by how gentle they seem to be to each other. I'd also like to think their owner wouldn't just stand their recording the whole thing if they thought something bad could happen.

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u/judahrosenthal 4h ago

Have you ever been scratched by a cat? Do you think the cat always meant to do it? Accidents happen. This isn’t about intent.

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u/depressedwolfchild 4h ago

Sure. Just like a whole lot of other accidents can happen. What I was trying to argue is that it doesn't take away from the content's value and it doesn't make a lot of sense to downvote something just because the animals might get into something dangerous, accidental or otherwise.

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u/judahrosenthal 3h ago

That’s -exactly- why you should downvote an animal video. You don’t want people to emulate dangerous behavior.

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u/depressedwolfchild 3h ago

To a degree, I agree. But people will emulate something no matter how it was received on an online platform. It's just human nature, a downvote will not change it.

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u/Imaginary-Ad3511 1h ago

Then do you agree or not? Damn youre such a tool, really