Since I won't allow myself the liberty to post much of substance

[trinityvixen]

(Until after my test tomorrow. DEAR GOD, I WISH IT WERE OVER ALREADY.)

This popped up on BoingBoing, and I lol'd, so I thought I'd share.

Okay, standard disclaimer, alligators are not as good at hunting on land (they can run fast, though, so that's no guarantee), yada yada. That said? GO KITTY! Apparently, there are more videos of this specific cat teaching the gators on the bayou who is boss (on land), and it may even be (AN EXTREMELY ILL-ADVISED) stunt that a tour company does to entertain people. Still, that cat? FEARLESS.

This is why the only other creature to survive Alien was the damn cat. The Xenomorph was all ::HISSSSSSS DEATH HISSSSS ACID BLOOD HISSSSSS:: and Jonesy the cat was all "I will show you how to hiss, you slick-ass muthafuckah" and then suddenly the Alien was all, "Oh, there might be more people for me to eat...somewhere else."

Comments

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

It looks to me like the gators just don't want to deal with it. I mean, they do spend the vast majority of their time lying, immobile.

I just want to ask the cat, what will you do if you catch him?

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Oh, I included that in my disclaimer. Fact is, reptiles are probably the only creatures more lazy than cats and are even more averse to taking injury than cats are. I fully understand that. It doesn't change the fact that I think it's awesome that the gator backed off and, even when he got backup, the kitty was still like RAR and won.

Also: never ask a cat what it would do with its prey. Either the question is irrelevant to the cat (the catching is the point!) or you're about to get an unpleasant surprise (disemboweled mice in your slippers).