> Like cats gets very scared of objects that are long and appear suddenly, like a cucumber, since their genetic instincts thinks its a snake.
After having raised four dozen kittens that a couple of feral sisters gave birth to in my garage, I’m certain that is nonsense. It’s an internet meme that became urban legend.
I don’t think they have ever even reacted to a cucumber, and I have run many experiments because my childhood cat loved cucumbers (we’d have to guard the basket of cucumbers after harvest, otherwise she’d bite every single one of them… just once).
After having raised four dozen kittens that a couple of feral sisters gave birth to in my garage, I’m certain that is nonsense. It’s an internet meme that became urban legend.
I don’t think they have ever even reacted to a cucumber, and I have run many experiments because my childhood cat loved cucumbers (we’d have to guard the basket of cucumbers after harvest, otherwise she’d bite every single one of them… just once).