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> it would be interesting to study how/if cats defend other cats against roughly cat-sized threats fiercely: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EEa6jZv-Khc https://

• leetcrew 6y ago
  that is an interesting video, thanks for sharing. as much as I want to view it as the cat heroically defending the child, I have to wonder if that was the real motivation. the video seems to take place in the front yard a house that the cat presumably lives in. I wonder if the reaction was more defensive (of the child) or territorial. on the one hand, it seems the cat doesn't react (not in the frame, so hard to say) until the dog actually bites the child. on the other hand, the cat disengages at almost exactly the point where the dog clears the edge of the driveway. then again, who knows if the cat recognizes human customs well enough to align the border of its territory with the property line?
  • CraneWorm 6y ago
    Prolonged engagement would probably not end well for the cat.