Comments on: Медвэд vs. Котэ

Медвэд vs. Котэ

griphus — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:39:27 -0800

"The bear decided to play with the cat, but then regretted it" (SLYT)

By: griphus

griphus — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:40:04 -0800

via The Awl

By: doublehappy

doublehappy — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:44:31 -0800

I found this boring until the moment the cat turned to look at the guy holding the camera and he recoiled in fear.

By: Corduroy

Corduroy — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:49:26 -0800

This video was in the suggestions section, and it is remarkable for not only having a cat defend a house from a black bear, but also that the women laugh immediately when the cat charges the bear as if they have no doubt the cat will keep them safe from an animal 50 times it's weight and that the young baby in their arms seems to be loving every second of it.

By: griphus

griphus — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:49:26 -0800

I also really hope that these guys are doing a casual-er version of what this guy is doing for cubs and aren't just two idiots who took a bear home. For both their sake and the bear's.

By: Medieval Maven

Medieval Maven — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:50:20 -0800

Not to be weird, but this is the first FPP I've really clicked on since the Giffords thread. Honestly? The best part is that even though I do not speak a word of Russian, or really because of it, I can just hear these guys' tone of voice, and realize that amusement at animals is really universal. Even if you're a dude in a shack with a baby bear and a tomcat and you have oddly decided to let the bear attempt to groom the cat, you are going to laugh when the cat seems to be putting up with it for just . . a little . .longer.

By: crunchland

crunchland — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:56:04 -0800

That's it? That cat put up with a lot of abuse, least of all, the foot of the dumbass trying to keep it closer to the bear as it tried to get away, and the upshot is that the cat got a few whacks at the cub? My cats attack their dinner more than that cat attacked the bear cub. I demand a refund.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:57:08 -0800

From my experience with cats, that's one of the slowest-to-anger cats in history.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:59:47 -0800

MAMMALS PLEASE STOP FIGHTING.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:00:17 -0800

DONKEY WANTS TO PLAY WITH KITTY

By: Xoebe

Xoebe — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:01:37 -0800

Feral Druid brawl! (The video would have been 30 minutes long if they were Restoration spec...)

By: adipocere

adipocere — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:02:04 -0800

I like how the cat is all "okay ... watch it, buster ... okay ... okay ... little rough technique, but nobody ever cleans my ears ... this part is like petting ... peevish ... somewhat annoying, somewhat annoying THAT IS IT YOU, BACK IN THE BOX NOW! NO, YOU DON'T GET TO COME OUT OF THE BOX! BOX. YOU. THAT'S WHERE YOU LIVE NOW. And I'm done. *satisfied flounce off*"

By: MillMan

MillMan — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:04:34 -0800

Came for kitteh ultraviolence, left disappointed.

By: crunchland

crunchland — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:10:57 -0800

Here's a different cat video that might make up for your disappointment with the one in the OP.

By: vorfeed

vorfeed — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:13:42 -0800

That is an extraordinarily tolerant cat.

By: Redhush

Redhush — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:15:43 -0800

That cat barely even puffed up. I think they've played this game before

By: honeydew

honeydew — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:19:50 -0800

Are those guys insane? What are they doing, sitting that close to a cat?

By: Corduroy

Corduroy — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:21:49 -0800

Two summers ago I did manual labor at a remote retreat center in the North Cascades, and (supposedly) it had been a bad berry summer, so the bears were coming into the village a lot more than usual. Some early mornings, guests would wake up, walk out the second floor door onto their lodge porch and, instead of seeing a family of deer eating grass or a fog dissipating with rays of light, their eyes would meet with a black bear ripping through cardboard and other random trash (all food was kept inside one building, so the bears really were desperate). It quickly became a problem, so a bunch of us who worked outdoors in the village were called together one morning. Our boss told us that if the bears ever get inside a building, the village was legally obligated to call the Forest Service and have the bears shot. For a village run by Lutheran hippies, it soon became a top priority to keep the bears (and their many cubs) away. People were put on bear watch, circling the perimeter with radios and horns. Every time someone saw a bear it became this huge deal where you had to shout to all the other staff around you and then you would all form a group and pick up sticks and stones to throw towards the bears to scare them off. But it was amazing because here were these huge wild beasts that we needed to both protect the village from and protect the bears from us. When I'd spot one, a rush of fear would at first come on and I'd yell bear! automatically, not even sure if any other staff were around. But then all these other people would just seem to appear out of nowhere and we'd all charge and yell and act ridiculous and feel courageous. It was such a strange experience, regularly screaming and throwing stones at huge, hungry creatures and I doubt I'll get to do it again. And, no bears got shot! Even though one got about a foot into the pottery basement, technically warranting a bounty on it's head.

By: oddman

oddman — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:28:31 -0800

Cats have no sense of humor.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:30:06 -0800

Meh, that poor old cat. That is not a happy cat. Excuse me if I overthink a bear and cat video on the internet and spoil the party, as well as potentially gloss over the cultural relevancy of the standards of cat and bear cub care in what appears to be rural or semi-rural Russia, that's not a happy cat. And it's no place for a young bear, either. The bear cub seems to obsessed with the cat's earwax, to the point it appears that it's very nearly trying to earnestly eat the cat's head. Having seen this behavior in other mammals I think the bear is going after the salt and minerals in the cat's earwax, which could be a sign that the bear cub is malnourished. Which is what would happen if people were raising it on scraps instead of foraging in the wild or a studied diet in a zoo. If I discard the nominal amount of anthropomorphized "Aww, cute, different species of mammals playing together and not actually eating each other" I'm objectively left with a scene with two rather unhappy and mistreated animals.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:35:18 -0800

Awww. it's very lovable that animals know that infant or toddler behavior is innocent, if aggravating, and doesn't require the retaliatory response understandable when there is a deliberate provocation by an adult. Even when the infant is one from another species. That marmalade Russian cat was admirably patient and then set healthy boundaries, which the bear cub was tempted to playfully overstep but got the message. So interesting the complex social messages in such a short visual story.

By: iconomy

iconomy — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:43:38 -0800

Needs more bear regret.

By: clavdivs

clavdivs — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:00:56 -0800

Что это за люди курить?

By: Nomyte

Nomyte — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:01:12 -0800

So, it's this one dude taping this weird interaction between the cat and the cub... and the other dude telling the cat to "fuck that bear up, fuck it up!"... and the first dude telling the other dude to tone it down because he's going going to show the video to his daughter (!)... This video makes me a little sick. This stupid, giddy amusement. Ugh.

By: grobstein

grobstein — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:05:54 -0800

This is some kind of political metaphor, I hope.

By: hippybear

hippybear — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:15:28 -0800

The bear cub seems to obsessed with the cat's earwax Cats themselves are obsessed with cat's earwax. Have you ever gotten into a cat's ears with your fingers? And then later let them sniff your fingers? They will lick your fingers and sniff and lick and sniff and sniff and lick... Cat ear interiors seem to be a subject of great fascination to mammals that are cats, and apparently bears.

By: staggernation

staggernation — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:22:44 -0800

...AND I COULD OVERTHINK A CAT OF BEARS

By: birdherder

birdherder — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:44:58 -0800

Cats don't give a fuck.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:49:09 -0800

If anyone wants to know why some of us love cats so much, check 17-23 seconds into Corduroy's link. That cat motherfucking races out to confront that bear. There's no better definition of badass bravery in the animal kingdom than that.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:58:07 -0800

Ok, just saw the Russian hamster video. That's pretty badass too.

By: yoyo_nyc

yoyo_nyc — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:26:15 -0800

This cat is harmless. Try this one.

By: palacewalls

palacewalls — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:18:15 -0800

If Pinky was there, this video would not have turned out so well for the bear. Or the men.

By: Catblack

Catblack — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:23:59 -0800

I love that in the FPP there's no fluffy tail. That's one awesome cat.

By: Katjusa Roquette

Katjusa Roquette — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:26:29 -0800

It's a badass Rusky kitty!

By: dirigibleman

dirigibleman — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:56:40 -0800

Why is there a bear in the house?

By: clavdivs

clavdivs — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:03:02 -0800

ki MEER a kittykitty

By: mannequito

mannequito — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:27:29 -0800

hippybear, get your finger out of that cat's ear!!

By: chavenet

chavenet — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 01:24:42 -0800

Corduroy wrote: "a bad berry summer" This is my new euphemism/excuse for everything horrible. Thank you.

By: bwg

bwg — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 02:26:55 -0800

Not hard to believe, recalling the cat that chased off gators. No such thing as a scaredycat, apparently.

By: knapah

knapah — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 03:38:53 -0800

Rhomboid posted this in Metatalk a few days ago as an example of what it is like to be moderating MetaTalk threads. "Based on how a lot of MeTa threads unfold, I liken the mods jobs here to being the cat in this video"

By: Joe Chip

Joe Chip — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 03:58:41 -0800

I love youtube comments: Cats are actually the rulers of the animal kingdom. There's always a video of some cat attacking or beating something into submission.

By: MuffinMan

MuffinMan — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 04:10:52 -0800

From my experience with cats, that's one of the slowest-to-anger cats in history. I stayed in a guesthouse in South Africa which had a resident Siamese kitten and a youngish Great Dane. The Great Dane took great pleasure in moving the kitten about in its mouth from place to place, and the kitten didn't seem to mind overly - despite getting covered in gallons of dog slobber each time. There was also a husky, which looked at the pair of them with eyes that said it thought them both utterly stupid. But mostly it just looked hot and in need of some snow.

By: DU

DU — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 04:30:04 -0800

From my experience with cats, that's one of the slowest-to-anger cats in history. And one of the furriest toddlers playing with it.

By: Flood

Flood — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 05:04:36 -0800

Russia is so much cooler now that it has gone post-apocalyptic

By: griphus

griphus — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 05:12:04 -0800

And one of the furriest toddlers playing with it. Nah, that's pretty much how we all looked at that age.

By: hippybear

hippybear — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 06:03:59 -0800

hippybear, get your finger out of that cat's ear!! You know, I would... but for the fact that both my cats BEG for me to play with the inside of their ears all the time. And one of the furriest toddlers playing with it. There are toddlers now who are also furries? eek!

By: liza

liza — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 06:16:20 -0800

somebody needs to do a tumblr on russian guys with cigarrettes and guns because that's all i could focus on --the fact that i expected the guy to have a cigarrette in hand and the hunting rifle in the back room.

By: Secret Life of Gravy

Secret Life of Gravy — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 06:26:05 -0800

Having seen this behavior in other mammals I think the bear is going after the salt and minerals in the cat's earwax, which could be a sign that the bear cub is malnourished. I wouldn't jump to any conclusions; my bulldog does the exact same thing to our cats and she is not malnourished. I'm always amazed at how rough she can get, pinning the cat's neck to the floor with one leg while making free with the cat's interior ear, yet both cats respond to this treatment with adoration. Eustace, in fact, prefers the bulldog to us humans. I guess I should stop giving them treats and start licking their earwax if I want to be first in their estimation.

By: Decani

Decani — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:16:30 -0800

I had a cat that got into a fight with a policeman's German Shepherd after the cop and his dog decided to hop into my garden while looking for a burglar. Hendrix was a very territorial cat and took great exception to this. She launched herself at the dogs face and sank claws and teeth right in there. She took some bite wounds to the head and neck but was basically okay after the dog managed to shake her far enough off that I was able to grab her. It was worth it for the look on that dog's face and the policeman's disbelieving exclamation of "What the FUCK? Is that a cat? THAT'S A CAT? What the fuck, cat?"

By: crunchland

crunchland — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:28:05 -0800

You're lucky the cop didn't shoot it.

By: crunchland

crunchland — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:28:39 -0800

oh. you live in UK. Nevermind. That only happens here in the US.

By: mimi

mimi — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:38:28 -0800

These videos are better if you've got Pussy, Pussy, Pussy stuck in your head.

By: thsmchnekllsfascists

thsmchnekllsfascists — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:31:22 -0800

I guess I should stop giving them treats and start licking their earwax if I want to be first in their estimation. Nah just pet his ears harder. My cat will headbutt me in the hand until I squish his ears.