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I doubt any non-impaired person will seriously lose to a cat. All these stories are people LATER having some kind of infection. Sure, you have a chance at serio

I doubt any non-impaired person will seriously lose to a cat. All these stories are people LATER having some kind of infection. Sure, you have a chance at serious damage due to infection. But a cat just killing a person in a 1v1 deathmatch? I very much doubt that.

dylan604 3y ago
says someone that's never been in a fight with a cat
- fireflash38 3y ago
  My assumption is that people in fights with cats are woefully unprepared and/or not wanting to seriously injure the cat.
  - jacquesm 3y ago
    They probably haven't a clue how ferocious a cat really is as well as how incredibly strong a cat hopped up on adrenaline is. My own most impressive encounter with a cat was one that had to go to the vet and wouldn't go into the transport carrier. I finally managed to get it in and it simply shredded it's way out the bottom leaving me looking pretty silly with an empty carrier in my hand and a very much pissed off cat sitting in its accustomed spot on the window sill. I didn't go for a second try and told my aunt (whose cat it was) that maybe the cat wasn't going to go to the vet that day after all and whether she would consider asking them for a house call. The carrier was well beyond repair. It was some kind of tick nylon weave and I'm pretty sure it would have been hard to cut with scissors.
- rowanG077 3y ago
  Nice assumption. I have been in a fight with a cat. The only reason it's not dead is because you don't seriously fight with a cat. You just defend and get the cat or yourself out of the situation. I had a ton of superficial cuts with a lot of blood but it was all superficial. They can only seriously damage the eyes. I just went to the doctor got a rabies shot with like 3 follow ups, some medication and an ointment and that was it.
  - jacquesm 3y ago
    Sounds to me like you lost a fight with a cat but you have a hard time admitting it.
    - rowanG077 3y ago
      You think this is a good way to communicate with someone? It's fine to disagree with me but you are just poisoning any reasonable discussion at this point.
      - jacquesm 3y ago
        You are not engaging in a reasonable discussion.
      - dylan604 3y ago
        Everyone of your comments have been combative, and have a totally different concept about what it means to lose a fight. You had multiple visits to a doctor after a confrontation, and still don’t think you lost, as your comments suggest. We clearly have differing ideas of what losing a fight means. You seem to not be able to accept that. It seems to me as you’re the one that has been poisoning the thread.
        rowanG077 3y ago
        I never said I lost or not, the fight was undecided since it was broken up... You time and time again read things into my comments I haven't said. I said I don't think a person will lose in a serious(Which I take to mean a fight until one party is physically unable to continue, death or knockout) 1v1 fight with a cat, nothing more, nothing less. Please quote the comments where I "have different concepts what it means to lose a fight" in every one of my comments. In fact I just read back the entire thread. None of my comments are aggressive. You were the one who came out of the woodworks swinging with your: "says someone that's never been in a fight with a cat" comment. Anyway I'm done with this topic. Apparently whether a cat can defeat a human is too serious a topic for two people on this site to be able to discuss it in a civil manner.
jacquesm 3y ago
> I doubt any non-impaired person will seriously lose to a cat. Cat bites are extremely nasty, cat nails should be classified as concealed weapons. Until you've seen what a mad cat can do to a human being I think you should simply reserve judgment. The guy I'm talking about was about as 'non-impaired' as it gets and the cat came off without a scratch. For the guy it was a hospital visit, multiple stitches and antibiotics. I'm also fairly sure he gained a healthy respect for cats. Dog bites happen more frequently and can easily be fatal. But cat bites, and scratches even if they aren't fatal can cause really bad infections. Cats can shred you pretty badly, enough to get you to consider leaving the cat alone or finding some other way to get it to do what you want it to do other than main force. If a cat attacks you make sure you protect your face and treat bites and scratches immediately with a strong anti-septic and if anything happens to the wounds that you don't trust visit a doctor.
- rowanG077 3y ago
  I have been looking online to search for a number on how many people where killed by a cat, excluding the obvious infection risk. I literally cannot find a number. Most likely because either it's so vanishingly small no one cares to track it. Or because it's 0. Show me a few cases of a cat killing a person in a fight and I will reconsider my stance. I have been in a fight with a cat. There is a lot of blood. But there is little serious damage. Unless you are extremely unlucky with the cat going for your eye there is little to be really concerned about.
  - dylan604 3y ago
    Why is there the unrealistic belief in this thread that to lose to a cat means you're dead?
  - jacquesm 3y ago
    "lose" doesn't mean "die', that was your addition. And that's fine, but it's a nonsense argument, not everybody that ever lost a fight died.
    - rowanG077 3y ago
rstuart4133 3y ago
> I doubt any non-impaired person will seriously lose to a cat. An unarmed, unprepared human will lose a fight with a mosquito. We carry no natural armour or weapons. Give us a moment to prepare, and we become the most dangerous animal on earth. For a cat, a net and suitable clothing may do the trick. How many people have you seen prepare for a fight with a cat? Come to that, how many cat's give people time to prepare?
- jacquesm 3y ago
  The funny thing is that the guy from my original comment actually was prepared, he took the fight to the cat and lost in a pretty convincing way. I certainly came away impressed and even though I think your net would do the trick at some point (unless you plan on killing or knocking out the cat) you will have to remove it from the net.

dylan604 3y ago

says someone that's never been in a fight with a cat

fireflash38 3y ago
My assumption is that people in fights with cats are woefully unprepared and/or not wanting to seriously injure the cat.
- jacquesm 3y ago
  They probably haven't a clue how ferocious a cat really is as well as how incredibly strong a cat hopped up on adrenaline is. My own most impressive encounter with a cat was one that had to go to the vet and wouldn't go into the transport carrier. I finally managed to get it in and it simply shredded it's way out the bottom leaving me looking pretty silly with an empty carrier in my hand and a very much pissed off cat sitting in its accustomed spot on the window sill. I didn't go for a second try and told my aunt (whose cat it was) that maybe the cat wasn't going to go to the vet that day after all and whether she would consider asking them for a house call. The carrier was well beyond repair. It was some kind of tick nylon weave and I'm pretty sure it would have been hard to cut with scissors.
rowanG077 3y ago
Nice assumption. I have been in a fight with a cat. The only reason it's not dead is because you don't seriously fight with a cat. You just defend and get the cat or yourself out of the situation. I had a ton of superficial cuts with a lot of blood but it was all superficial. They can only seriously damage the eyes. I just went to the doctor got a rabies shot with like 3 follow ups, some medication and an ointment and that was it.
- jacquesm 3y ago
  Sounds to me like you lost a fight with a cat but you have a hard time admitting it.
  - rowanG077 3y ago
    You think this is a good way to communicate with someone? It's fine to disagree with me but you are just poisoning any reasonable discussion at this point.
    - jacquesm 3y ago
      You are not engaging in a reasonable discussion.
    - dylan604 3y ago
      Everyone of your comments have been combative, and have a totally different concept about what it means to lose a fight. You had multiple visits to a doctor after a confrontation, and still don’t think you lost, as your comments suggest. We clearly have differing ideas of what losing a fight means. You seem to not be able to accept that. It seems to me as you’re the one that has been poisoning the thread.
      - rowanG077 3y ago
        I never said I lost or not, the fight was undecided since it was broken up... You time and time again read things into my comments I haven't said. I said I don't think a person will lose in a serious(Which I take to mean a fight until one party is physically unable to continue, death or knockout) 1v1 fight with a cat, nothing more, nothing less. Please quote the comments where I "have different concepts what it means to lose a fight" in every one of my comments. In fact I just read back the entire thread. None of my comments are aggressive. You were the one who came out of the woodworks swinging with your: "says someone that's never been in a fight with a cat" comment. Anyway I'm done with this topic. Apparently whether a cat can defeat a human is too serious a topic for two people on this site to be able to discuss it in a civil manner.

jacquesm 3y ago

> I doubt any non-impaired person will seriously lose to a cat. Cat bites are extremely nasty, cat nails should be classified as concealed weapons. Until you've seen what a mad cat can do to a human being I think you should simply reserve judgment. The guy I'm talking about was about as 'non-impaired' as it gets and the cat came off without a scratch. For the guy it was a hospital visit, multiple stitches and antibiotics. I'm also fairly sure he gained a healthy respect for cats. Dog bites happen more frequently and can easily be fatal. But cat bites, and scratches even if they aren't fatal can cause really bad infections. Cats can shred you pretty badly, enough to get you to consider leaving the cat alone or finding some other way to get it to do what you want it to do other than main force. If a cat attacks you make sure you protect your face and treat bites and scratches immediately with a strong anti-septic and if anything happens to the wounds that you don't trust visit a doctor.

rowanG077 3y ago
I have been looking online to search for a number on how many people where killed by a cat, excluding the obvious infection risk. I literally cannot find a number. Most likely because either it's so vanishingly small no one cares to track it. Or because it's 0. Show me a few cases of a cat killing a person in a fight and I will reconsider my stance. I have been in a fight with a cat. There is a lot of blood. But there is little serious damage. Unless you are extremely unlucky with the cat going for your eye there is little to be really concerned about.
- dylan604 3y ago
  Why is there the unrealistic belief in this thread that to lose to a cat means you're dead?
- jacquesm 3y ago
  "lose" doesn't mean "die', that was your addition. And that's fine, but it's a nonsense argument, not everybody that ever lost a fight died.
  - rowanG077 3y ago

rstuart4133 3y ago

> I doubt any non-impaired person will seriously lose to a cat. An unarmed, unprepared human will lose a fight with a mosquito. We carry no natural armour or weapons. Give us a moment to prepare, and we become the most dangerous animal on earth. For a cat, a net and suitable clothing may do the trick. How many people have you seen prepare for a fight with a cat? Come to that, how many cat's give people time to prepare?

jacquesm 3y ago
The funny thing is that the guy from my original comment actually was prepared, he took the fight to the cat and lost in a pretty convincing way. I certainly came away impressed and even though I think your net would do the trick at some point (unless you plan on killing or knocking out the cat) you will have to remove it from the net.