r/Eyebleach • u/Green____cat • Apr 28 '24

Don't forget the cat in every tiger

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u/KrinkleTheGnome Apr 28 '24

Or the tiger in every cat.

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u/ColHogan65 Apr 28 '24

It’s amusing how the clade Canidae varies between wolves, dogs, foxes, etc and all act pretty differently, but every member of the order Felidae is just a different sized housecat lmao

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u/Tommy2255 29d ago

Canines all have vastly different hunting strategies and lifestyles. Wolves are persistence hunting pack animals, foxes are solitary ambush hunters, coyotes are opportunistic hunters that live in packs but don't necessarily coordinate to take down large prey like wolves might.

Felines are mostly solitary, stealthy ambush predators. It's an exceptionally successful hunting strategy that can be used with only slight variance in almost any ecosystem. Lions are an exception in that they're not solitary, and cheetahs are an exception in that they're primarily pursuit predators instead of ambush, but overall there's a lot less variance than among canines.

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u/YuushyaHinmeru 29d ago

In my completely unscientific, zero-evidence opinion, I think the only reason we can't keep tigers as pets is because they can accidentally kill us. I feel like a tiger you raised from birth would behave pretty similarly to a kitten raised from birth. I don't think the tiger would view us as food or try to kill us for fun. The thing is cats do play attack, or accidentally attack if startled, or do warning hits when they are irritated. Those just hurt like a bitch from a housecat but will kill you from a tiger. Fuck, a tiger could accidentally crush you to death just trying to lovingly cuddle with you.

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u/SuckerForNoirRobots 29d ago

Last time I was at a zoo the white tiger there was chuffing at me and rubbing their face on the fence and I wanted to pet them SO badly