Comments on: Next up: Kido shills to fleece a mark.

Next up: Kido shills to fleece a mark.

quin — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:20:19 -0800

Kido the Kitty playing (and winning) the shell game [slyt]

By: kinnakeet

kinnakeet — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:23:48 -0800

Cats' ears are very sharp at located sound sources. It's how they hunt. It would be a very simple matter for that cat to follow the cup that has the bell. I'd like to see this tried with something silent, like a cotton ball. But then it wouldn't be as cute.

By: hank

hank — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:27:03 -0800

Ding!

By: jeather

jeather — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:38:49 -0800

I first watched it with the sound off. I was really impressed.

By: Maisie

Maisie — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:42:08 -0800

I'm impressed because there's no way my cats would indicate which cup had the ball even if they knew. They don't give a shit about anything.

By: roomthreeseventeen

roomthreeseventeen — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:43:59 -0800

Yeah, I'm going to be trying that when I get home.

By: Malor

Malor — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:46:00 -0800

I'm impressed with how absolutely calm that kitty was. Most cats I've known would flip out if you did something that noisy right in front of them.

By: neckro23

neckro23 — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:48:13 -0800

As the uploader points out in the description, the impressive part isn't that the cat was able to guess correctly, but that he was willing to play the game at all.

By: arcticseal

arcticseal — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:50:53 -0800

My cat would just expect me to pick it myself - "If you wanted to find it, why the hell did you hide it in the first place?".

By: Nelson

Nelson — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:51:51 -0800

Which sums up the lives of people who love their cats (like me!): we're just thrilled when the cat pays attention to us at all.

By: chimaera

chimaera — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:53:30 -0800

This was far more impressive when first saw it as a gif.

By: Mental Wimp

Mental Wimp — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:55:56 -0800

Awww...

By: and for no one

and for no one — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:33:32 -0800

Here's one without a bell. My cat wouldn't play this game, although he does play fetch.

By: Huplescat

Huplescat — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:30:37 -0800

As kinnakeet pointed out cats have fantastic hearing, but most people don't realize how good their sense of smell is. One day I looked out the window and saw a neighbor cat, that fights with my cat, prowling around my back yard. It took off when I opened the window. About 15 minutes later my cat showed up, nose to the ground, following his enemy's scent trail.

By: w0mbat

w0mbat — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:34:33 -0800

Very cute. Humans can't win the con version of this game because the ball is in the operator's palm, not because they can't track the cup.

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:50:20 -0800

They beauty isn't that the cat played the game. The beauty is that the cat played the game despite not caring even one little bit. It was clearly just humoring its owner.

By: devious truculent and unreliable

devious truculent and unreliable — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 03:39:31 -0800

Fair enough, but didn't we have a cat beating analysts with his stock market picks yesterday ? Let's not lower the bar, here.