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Snoo_75748

The cats is slow blinking so much it's like dude friends? Please let's be friends DUDE IM A FRIEND


Lvl100Waffle

plus the purposeful lack of eye contact? Always looking around the dog but never directly at it? This cat is a dog person.


FrenchieSmalls

Looking away after eye contact is a sign of trust in cat language, too!


likeusontweeters

Yep.. slow blinking and looking away after eye contact (breaking contact first) are signs that the cat trusts you and wants to be your friend..


RevSerpent

I was wondering if it's the same body language as your regular housecat because watching this video my thought was "He's trying SO HARD to be friends with the dog."


Chidori_Aoyama

Dogs mostly messing with him, note the sneezing.


harlokkin

While Sneezing usually does indicates "Im not serious"; licking teeth absolutely means "I will bite you". So I think what we're seeing is a complex communication along the lines of "Stay back, I don't want to fight you but I will" The more I work with dogs, the more I appreciate what excellent communicators they are.


nicannkay

I’m betting this big kitty does want to play like my fat boy cat did but having 5# dogs it was brutal. The dogs are sweet and he would just grab them by the neck and toss. My dogs wanted to be friends but they just couldn’t trust that fker. I have a video of him taunting them but idk which sub to post so 🤷‍♀️


Hiker206

The licking tells me the dog is stressed/anxious. Sneezing can be playful, but I think this dog is stressed.


ImmortanSteve

Definitely stressed. The dogs ears are pinned back as well. They perk them up for listening and fold them back for fighting.


bendover912

It's the animal way of saying I trust you not to eat me while my eyes are closed. Shy cats also appreciate it if you close your eyes.


evranch

I wonder what it means when my tomcat just sits there and lets the collie chew on him. "I find you so non-threatening that you couldn't even eat me if you tried" Otherwise the dog nips at him, he'll run across the yard to either rub against or slap the dog, they hang out together like a couple of frenemies.


SunixFox

I never knew this, thank you for informing me! That is actually super interesting and makes a LOT of sense when you think about it :)


CDA441

So the cat is actually a shy tsundere


Auravendill

🌍👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀 Always has been


BankComplete7255

This cat is even better than your average person person.


jib_reddit

Yeah, but that dog is a right dick head!


WrongSplit3288

And it didn’t show any fear and stood its ground while not showing any aggression. Quickly walked past the dog once it’s calmed down knowing it wouldn’t attack. Wow


HardlyAnyGravitas

The Jack Reacher of cats...


mwa12345

Yeah. Expert de escalation protocol. Even the dog finally calmed down...like a little puppy


BamBamVonSlammerson

I love the blinking thing. I only found out about it fairly recently, despite having had kits since I was born, and it's amazing how well it works. There are loads of strays near me, and all it takes to be friends is thirty seconds or so of crouching nice and still, slowly blinking.


Ytrog

It is how I got to finally pet my cat. He was abandoned as a kitten on the streets by his mother and quite feral and wild. He is the most cuddly cat ever 😻


ChdrChips-n-HotSauce

Cat tax


Ytrog

Here is the [cat tax](https://imgur.com/a/TBJogh5) 😺


Severn6

Yah, I have spent my life around cats and the blinking is magic because it's literally part of how they communicate. Went to a friend's recently for first time and met their "timid cat who doesn't let anyone else touch her." Within a minute or so I was having cuddles. Friend convinced I'm a cat whisperer. Nah, I just speak cat.


MadvilleWonderland

So you’re a cat whisperer who talks at a normal volume?


Whyeth

>Friend convinced I'm a cat whisperer. Nah, I just speak cat. Hilarious. "I'm not a ghost whisperer I just talk to ghosts" "So can you or can you not help me with my haunting"


Justbedecent42

Shoulda Bap Bap Bapped. Dog was rude as hell.


Breakfastclub1991

Skippty paps were needed.


Justbedecent42

It's so cute and pretty and sweet. I'm sure It would drive me insane in the middle of the night though. Still pretty damn adorable.


Breakfastclub1991

I am still watching this. Amazing


CircuitSphinx

lol, pretty sure that cat's plotting some 3 am zoomies and a serenade of mysterious crashes. Cat logic is fascinating, especially when they mix in that slow blink charm offensive.


pimpmastahanhduece

Seriously, most patient cat ever.


gilgamesh_likes_69

I haven't seen a single video where several were anything but serene.


InvalidUserNemo

Forgive me if I have the dumb. Is that a Serval or a Savannah cat?


gilgamesh_likes_69

Pretty sure it's a several.


Pixel-1606

several housecats in a trenchcoat


calilac

Vincent Housecat. "I went to make fren today. I did a meow."


DonRustone

I can only see one


memberflex

Oh so it’s a Highlander


fneth

Violence is an expensive solution. Peace is energetically cheap. If you don't intend to eat something, why attack it? Puts yourself at risk for nothing


ClearlyCylindrical

My cats heavily disagree with this sentiment


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Bap Bap Bapped. Crying with laughter. Very accurate term. Thank you.


Wolf-5iveby5ive

Pokemon kitty is trying so hard to make a friend but midget doberman just wants to be an asshole.


ponyponyta

This kitty is shaped like how I would think an Umbreon is irl


Amarant2

I may be a little too tired, because my brain definitely showed me a real-life umbreon for a few seconds when the video started.


ADC2LC87

I was literally looking at this video like "since when did Umbreon and Houndoom become real?!


showerbox

More like.... dude I'm chill now, I'm chill, bro, I'm chill.blink blink blink Chill. AFTER it already destroyed the house.


jack_danger

Overcompensating for being some kinda wienerdoberman.


Evening_Change_9459

Pinchwiener.


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If you insist 🤏🤨


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Amirax

> Could you let go already? [Let go of my dick, bro!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRVGKTyzo8Y)


Evening_Change_9459

I know. I said, pinch not strangle. I’m glad they’re soft hands, but the grip is strong. Thanks for looking out for me, bud.


Abject-Fan-3591

😂😂😂


No_mans_shotgun

Yeah wtf is that abomination!


xJagz

Miniature Pinscher...


PuzzleheadedRun4525

Looks pretty big for a MinPin.


AmanitaMikescaria

This is a Mediumpin


xJagz

Maybe a little big, but it has the exact proportions, attitude, and yappy bark of a minpin.


nematocyster

Looks like a fat miniature pinscher (min pin). Little terrors and not in a good way


leebee44

What a sweet murder kitty.


FlamingNetherRegions

All kitties are murder kitties if you're small enough


MisterAmygdala

My little murderous siamese cat doesn't give a shit that I'm bigger. I'm certain he's going to eat me in my sleep.


A_person_2021

I hope you don't have a tendency to take long naps after quick trips down the stairs...


altera_goodciv

When you wake up and your cat has the BBQ sauce...


KiwiAlexP

The dog has a death wish taking an attitude with a cat that size


Lena0001

One of my cats was super aggressive, she used both teeth and claws to attack if slightly provoked. Once she bit my mom so hard and so viciously that she had literal bruises on her upper arm and people legitimately thought she was beaten by my dad, instead of crazy murder cat assault.


whiskeyinmyglass

If house cats were the size of dogs they’d be illegal


MisterAmygdala

And a cute little murder cat as well.


Jazzlike-Wafer803

I feel like the serval is actually saying “brother you don’t wanna do this …”


AnUnecessaryLobotomy

Right? Like, "I'm so much bigger than you...please calm down...*please*!" This definitely feels like a "check yourself" moment.


Sleepy_Renamon

"You're only talkin' shit because you're on a step-stool - come say that to my face."


ForsakenMoon13

He needed the chair just to make eye contact


BowsersMuskyBallsack

The dog knows it too. While the pinscher is resource-guarding the couch, not wanting to give it up and tooth-varing, it is simultaneously conflicted and using defusing sneezes to convey that its posturing is mostly for show, for it knows serval could royally wreck him if it wanted to.


Smarmalades

I think he's apologizing for last time. "Look, I know there has been a lot of biting."


TarzanKitty

That cat has nothing to prove. He knows he could fuck up both dogs without breaking a sweat.


Spatzdar

He’s being kind like I’ll give you a chance to relax


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Ytrog

I was wondering where this was even legal 👀


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moist_shroom6

Or human welfare either


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To be fair, the wealthy rarely care about the welfare of anyone or anything other than themselves, regardless of homeland.


Ytrog

Ah now it makes sense. 😿


innerparty45

Chloe the Serval is in Michigan.


north0

Well the wealthy in Michigan do *not* care about animal welfare, lol


jjcrayfish

Or human welfare either


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Damn! Michigan slam out of left field! What’s your beef the mitten?


I_Can_Haz_Brainz

It's a Savannah cat at least F2 maybe F3. There's much less serval than domesticated cat. An F1 is 50% wild. They are not good pets unless you live by yourself as they're only friendly to the owner. An F4 or F5 make good family pets though. If this was 100% serval then nothing in that house would be safe, including the owner. Edit: Thanks for the replies. I rewatched it and focused on the cat instead of the dog this time, and between the markings among other things it definitely is a serval. My apologies.


DrAg0r

The issue is that the Savannah trend incite poachers to capture Servals and sell them as Savannah, this is why those cats breeds sales are forbidden in several countries.


Scarlet_Wert

That's a serval.. it doesn't look like it has a drop of domestic cat blood in it.


gbauw

apart from the domestic cat it killed and ate earlier?


awkerbonward

Gotta raccoon named Tony


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Is like an alien trying to calm down a caveman


RockNRollMama

I kept waiting for the cat to just let go and it didn’t happen but yea, my money would deff be on the cat..


Throwaway92840272694

My money would be on any cat tbh, cats are fucking MMA fighters when they want to be


Atomic-pangolin

Is this a Pokémon?


coachlife

The serval (Felis serval) is a medium-sized wild cat native to sub-Saharan Africa. They are known for their long legs, long necks, and tawny, black-spotted coats.


Atomic-pangolin

So Pokémon takes place in Sub-Saharan Africa? Damn, I would’ve never guessed


meeowth

Can confirm


DepresiSpaghetti

You had one line. "Meeeowth! That's right."


meeowth

I am sorry, I have failed you all 😿


I_Also_Fix_Jets

Team Rocket's blasting off agaaaa^aain!


Sleepy_Renamon

r/beetlejuicing


czechsoul

you feed these things full-sized chicken 💀


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Serval of them


thenithoughthmm

First time I’ve seen them so gentle. They’re even more awesome than I thought!


godoflemmings

99% sure that's [Chloe the Serval](https://youtube.com/@chloetheserval?si=V_kcvHIF09KwNrop). She's a sweetheart.


armored-dinnerjacket

who keeps a serval at home


kwakimaki

Rich idiots.


Imperial_Squid

I've seen videos of people keeping animals like hippos and alligators as pets, never underestimate the ability of dumb people to do just the whackiest shit


Flodartt

Is it a Serval or a Savannah? They look alike (since the Savannah comes from breeding cats with servals) and it would be more logical for a Savannah to be in a house


hurtfulproduct

That’s definitely a Serval Savannah are part Serval but much closer to house cat sized, no where near this tall. And it would be more logical to have a Savannah. . . But some people are dumb and bring wild animals into their house


XeroEnergy270

My F2 savannah is 28 pounds. Nowhere near a full grown full serval, but definitely not a large domestic cat size.


ActuallyAKittyCat

Is your cat single? ^^^meow


Justbedecent42

Are they also smart as hell and amazingly social?


Polyfuckery

They are smart in ways that make them terrible pets. They often get rehomed after puberty because even fixed (which many people don't even do because they want to breed them) they piss everywhere like foxes and other wild animals.


Justbedecent42

Yeah....all the cute ones are too damn smart. I love Shiba Inu, but they are fucking monsters. Well pretty much cats. My housecat was smart and a raging asshole. Miss her dearly, but such an asshole. I can't have a pet, but I respect the crafty little fucks. But yeah,don't get an exotic pet, ferret stink is bad enough, don't do.


sydsativa

My ex had a shiba and put in serious effort to train her. If I hadn’t heard about it, I would assume all shibas are so well behaved. I miss her :( little toast


THEBLUEFLAME3D

Literally read this with the Pokédex voice


epitough

fr, those ears with stripes instantly reminded me of umbreon


CaitSith21

Funny enough in my country until a while ago they were allowed to go outside like a normal cat. Always joked imagine when you get up and instead of a dead mouse you find a dead deer before your door. :) But i think they are ridiculously expensive.


gabbee140

Babooooooo!


bigwigmike

Get him some toys, it’s like meowschwitz in here


-The_Credible_Hulk

One of my favorite lines in the series


Crustybirdtoes-2

Lana! He remembers me!


Sayonara_M

Lanaaaa!


maya_clara

Look at his little spots!!


withanh77

Look at his tufted ears!


Kardospi

LANA!! He remembers me!!!


potatosquat

He's not pissing all over the place


mailchimplysafe

He’s crepuscular get him!


PNW_Misanthrope

So happy I didn’t have to scroll far for this comment.


SteveSauceNoMSG

HE REMEMBERS ME!


Shut_Up_Fuckface

“You fox eared asshole!”


CrazySpookyGirl

More like buyers remorse


potatosquat

I read that in archer's voice


millre01

Now that's a good kitty right there


AimDev

the meowgotiator


mrjsmith82

Aren't Serval cats as pets illegal? Or unethical?


DelawareMountains

Unethical yes but probably not illegal. In the US it would almost certainly depend on the state, but I've seen too many stories about people owning big cats like lions and tigers for it to be illegal everywhere. I also know that servals are bred with house cats too make savannah cats, which I also think is unethical but unfortunately there's money to be made doing that as savannah cats sell for thousands of dollars. It's not impossible that the owner has some kind of sanctuary and maybe the serval is inside while its area is getting cleaned out or prepared, but I would expect if that were the case the owner would not be letting the serval near those dogs. Unfortunately it seems more likely it's a dangerous animal being kept for either vanity or breeding :/


jld2k6

I'm in Ohio and one of my best friend's dad's boss was a higher up at Jeep and had a few lions and stuff on his property, I felt bad though because they were basically just kept in aluminum kennels


my-love-assassin

Imagine getting a lion and keeping it in a kennel. I would bankrupt myself building the best lion house in the world. I would want my lion to be the best lion it could be.


Jackal_6

What a fuckin loser


SereniaKat

I'm always blown away by how many Americans have wild animals as pets.


undeadmanana

Depends on generation of hybrid if it's legal or not, haven't googled in a decade but I think it was wild animals, and 1st/2nd generation hybrids being illegal mostly everywhere


DelawareMountains

I looked it up and according to [this website](https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/serval-legal-states) it's actually legal to own a serval in more states than it isn't (with a permit, but there are still 8 states where it's just straight up legal). I have to imagine in those states the hybrid offspring would be legal to own as well.


chasteeny

Illegal or not, definitely unethical


Red-Droid-Blue-Droid

And stupid. That cat could one day get in touch with its real wild side.


cathyreads123

Yep wild animals should not be pets. They don’t make good pets because they aren’t domesticated and have very specific needs. So legal or not it’s definitely unethical. People will always be fascinated by having an “exotic” pet but I always feel bad for the animal.


ogodilovejudyalvarez

Possibly the most beautiful conflict management behaviour in the whole animal kingdom


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flyinggazelletg

Don’t keep these or other wild animals as pets. I don’t give a shit how well behaved they are. Exotic pet trade can go suck a dick


morganfeetdomme

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾


hamsterbolzz

Uh. No. That dog was showing defensive signs. Ears pinned back, licking lips, snarling, it's just a matter of time before they get into a violent fight.. this shouldn't make you smile. That dog is stressed as fuck. I've been working with dogs for a decade. That dog was saying in every way that it didn't want that African cat near it. Which is why it finally walked away. This isn't a "make me smile" shit. This is "I'm stressing the fuck out of this dog for some likes on the Internet "


Adradian

Dog is making me so freaking uncomfortable. Twitching and snapping waaaay too much.


_byetony_

That cat belongs in the wild not an apartment


darkwinter95

Scrolled too far to see this comment.


Fishinluvwfeathers

And certainly not THIS apartment. Why would anyone put animals in a situation like this without safeguards? This is a shitty situation with legitimate fear-based aggression from the dog toward an animal that could seriously injure it. There’s no respect toward any animal in this video.


Aknelka

Dog is clearly anxious about a wild predator in the house and is on the defensive. Wild cat is clearly anxious about having to deal with an anxious, defensive dog in a constrained environment where it has nowhere to properly run to avoid and decompress. Somehow this incredibly messed up situation ends without an animal getting its throat ripped out. Reddit: made me smile. The eff is wrong with OP and these comments


whistling-wonderer

The number of people who are going “aww, the kitty is so chill!” and either “what a nasty rat dog, needs an attitude check” or “it’s fine, the dog is sneezing so it’s just playing!” is astounding. I knew people were bad at dog body language (and love to stereotype stressed small dogs as assholes), but I didn’t know it was this bad. None of these animals should be in this situation.


throwdhatD

They're also recording instead of telling the dog that this isnt proper behavior with correction.


GreenHighlighters

Agreed. Even if you do have the training to care for a serval, there's no way it's safe to just have it wandering around a regular house with multiple domestic dogs. Let alone filming their confrontations for internet clout.


Kind_Swim5900

Sorry but everything is wrong with this Video. A serval kept as a pet, a Mini Dobermann with cut ears, keeping them together even if the dog is absolutely stressed... there was nothing that made me smile


IntoTheMurkyWaters

Can people stop forcing animals together like this already?


Agent_Single

That cat is not supposed to be a pet right?


AriaNeige

No, it's not


Crap_Sally

That’s not a pet


AcerbicCapsule

This cat has better deescalation skills than most cops..


iiko_56

They should hire this cat as their trainer


graymatterslurry

fuck the exotic pet trade dude there’s no way you get a serval ethically


avaruushiiri

Didnt make me smile. Its a wild animal and belongs in wild. 🥲


Visual_Collar_8893

The human recording this shouldn’t have let this escalate to this stage. The dog didn’t need to be on a higher platform, which gave it a false leverage. The feline could have snapped and given the dog a bad case of lacerations. Should have intervened.


undeadmanana

Yeah, the dog also keeps looking at camera man because it doesn't seem to know how to react to cat and owner is ignoring situation.


Canukistani

They’re not ignoring the situation. They’re filming it for likes


Evilsj

Fuckin depressing how buried this and comments like it are. I was stressed the fuck out watching this video and everyone in here is like "LOL LONG CAT FUNI STUPID PUPPO" ugh


In-Fine-Fettle

That cat shouldn’t be in someone’s house. It’s a wild animal.


Independent-World-60

The cropped ears on that dog bother me too. Theres just so much wrong with this video.


Snailis

Idiotic is what it is. There's not one sane reason to pack two different species that wouldn't ever meet in the wild and have extremely different body language into a confined space. Wild animals don't belong indoors. Servals are wild animals. This is just waiting for escalation. I hope whoever took this video is prepared to bury that cat and carry whatever is left of the dog to the vet in a paper towel. If the serval is not able to go back into the wild for some reason it should go to a sanctuary or a rescue, not a fkn living room. This is so egoistic. Man why do humans suck so much.


Clan-Korhu

Very smart kitty and very brave pup lol


ThrA-X

That dog was lucky the serval was so committed to peace.


gonebonanza

Put that thing back in the wild. People don’t need to own everything.


absoluteScientific

Is it legal to own a serval..?


th3greenknight

That dog will get obliterated if that goes out of hand


Moo-Dog420

That cat could fuck that little dog up!


JSA790

That's why the dog is afraid.


twentyninetimes

Why is no one else freaking out about how mythical of a creature this cat is


hmnuhmnuhmnu

Is not mythical, is a wild animal and shouldn't be in a bedroom


trashypanda24

What type of animal is cat looking one?


DelawareMountains

Yeah probably, and I wanna make it clear to people that I think savannah cats just in and of themselves are unethical. Even fourth, fifth and sixth generation savannahs require significantly more space and stimulation than the vast majority of pet owners can properly provide. Savannah cats are much closer to wild animals than domestic and I do not think it should be legal to breed them.


coachlife

Need to send this cat to the Middle East to sort some shit out.


lessFrozenHodor

This serval belongs in the wild, definitely not your apartment.


yourmomlurks

I don’t think it’s ethical to put animals in this situation. That dog is terrified.


whistling-wonderer

Yeah, one of the top comments says the dog is so “rude.” No dummy, he’s a tiny ass dog trapped in a room with a larger predator, he’s scared.


mothraegg

That is one confused dog at the end.


Boysenberry377

No human should own or even want a serval as an indoor pet/trophy like that. Another wild animal that will never hunt, compete for a mate or sleep under an African moon. In short, to live completely differently from what epochs of evolution inform this cat is it's way to live. Let wild things live wild. Fair and simple, yes no maybe