This article appeared in the paper last week and features some incredible pictures of what cats are capable of including one where a ginger cat called Jack forced a black bear to seek refuge up a tree in New Jersey.
Unfortunately while the article is available online they don’t put the photos with it, so i’ve had to google it up, so here’s the link to an article on BBC news with picture
It says it’s a tabby, but Jack looks more like a ginger tom to me!
The picture in the article also had a couple of other photos of cats with mice, birds and rabbits looking very smug about their catches
I am a huge cat fan but i think this particular cat, Jack, has taken things a bit far. Remember, Black Bear:
1.5m tall
~ 500lbs
Big claws that can rip through flesh
Big Teeth
Loud growl
Bounds around the forest looking scary
Ginger Cat:
~ 10lbs
Sleeps 16 hours a day:
Likes being stroked
Lives in human houses
Has small claws that would feel like a massage compared to bear claws:
and while their teeth are designed for flesh it would be difficult for a it to cause damage to an animal bear-sized:
That must’ve been one terrified bear
On a sidenote, it has been pointed out by MHC that my views plugin isn’t working properly. Haven’t had a chance this week to look into fixing it, so i may end up disabling it at some point if it doesn’t work for this post
Yeah the plugin is kaput, stony. Wonder why it stopped working suddenly… 😕
And about that black cat 1.5m tall, weighing 500lbs… They like honey a lot and wild strawberries. A very weird kinda cat that is. 😉
Great pictures, BTW.
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DOH!!! I just got it now… Man I’ve been treking all day and I think I left my brain in the provincial park where we went. Proves that bears don’t want any trouble I think and it’s more a fluke than anything else when they do attack. A fluke or a mama bear thinking her young ones are in danger. A female bear is something you DON’T want to mess with! 😯