Cats tackle the tightest cardboard boxes on the slickest floors. A dachshund turns into–I dunno: a snake? An earthworm? And off in a world of their own, a scouting party of guinea pigs encounters… a baby.
Imagine how poor we’d be without our animals!
This is a very short video, so watch closely. Several cats are intently focused on the activities of a bird outside–and then….!
Good grief! Are they all after our toilet paper? Even a bunny gets in on the act–and you won’t belief what that green parrot is doing with the paper he’s so carefully shredding. I am soooo glad my cats don’t do this!
Dog cuddling guinea pig, cat cuddling rat–what? Did I really see that?
They don’t just love us. Our pets will love each other, too. Although what hope the tortoise had of catching the cat, and what he thought would happen if he did, can only be conjectured.
All right, it’s not the catchiest headline I ever wrote; but at least it’s accurate.
I gotta feel for the dog with the monarch butterfly sitting on his head: he has absolutely no idea what to do. Monarchs are much less skittish than other butterflies because nobody eats them. Monarch caterpillars live on milkweed, and the milkweed stuff stays in their system after they turn into butterflies, and it tastes bad. If a bird eats a monarch, he won’t eat another.
And then there are the ducks taking a short-cut through somebody’s house…
I’ve told you before: rats make great pets. Boy, are they smart! If they could live ten years or so, they’d be reading and writing. We had two of those black-and-white hooded rats: affectionate, playful–but they were sisters, so of course they fought whenever you turned the lights out. And stopped and looked innocent, if you turned ’em back on.
But really–a rat chasing a cat all around the house? Rats and dogs playing sniffies? And then there are the interactions with people. At least one of those, if my mother could have seen it, she would’ve fainted on the spot.
Sometimes domestication can lead to our pets’ protective instincts taking curious forms, as seen in this video. But we also see what it’s really all about–when the ducks won’t let the fox come near their ducklings… and when the cranes escort an alligator out of their neighborhood. Would you volunteer to see off a full-grown gator? (If so, the line forms over there–behind you.)
The funny thing about these “fights” is, no one’s getting hurt–even if a couple of dogs do scream bloody murder when being chased by a cat. How easy would it be for these guys to do a number on each other? I mean, if you were a tiny kitten, would you stand your ground against a rottweiler? I’m not, and I wouldn’t.
Just because you sneeze doesn’t mean your sick, a lot of things can provoke a sneeze, so don’t anybody get all alarmed. Some of the sneezes in this video are real doozies, so much more creative than what we humans can come up with. And none of these critters looks sick, so again, don’t worry. Just enjoy their unguarded moments.
I selected this video because I’m sure there’s an untold story in it. Why does the cat have to try so hard to get the dog to play? Why does the dog act like there will be some nasty surprise in store for him if he chases the cat? And why does he have his leash on in the house? And for that matter, what’s with that stockpile of slippers, shoes, and flip-flops? I’m beginning to get a rather hinky feeling about this place…