NatGeo: People Are Scaring Their Cats with Cucumbers. They Shouldn’t.

[LiberalElite]

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/11/151117-cats-cucumbers-videos-behavior/

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What happens when you put a cucumber behind a cat?

Some felines couldn't care less about the vegetable intrusion, but others leap high into the air when they see it. Videos of such encounters are going viral this week, as people try to see how their own pets respond.

But that’s not good for the animals, experts warn.

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I was going to try it with my cats but, after reading this I changed my mind.

xposting in GD

[Kali]

1. 20 minutes later

it gets posted

[LiberalElite]

2. .

I thought it was posted right away.

[Kali]

3. sorry

I meant somebody posted the cucumber video 20 minutes after you posted your OP. here in the pets group.

[LiberalElite]

4. Oh. Yeah I saw that -

I was going to respond to them but let it go.

[Kali]

5. I see the humor of it (and I lauged at a few of them the first time I watched it)

but I hope the video isn't encouraging people to torment their pets repeatedly.

[LiberalElite]

6. I chuckled at it too and wondered

what it was that made the cats react like that. Then when I read the article I understood (to the extent anyone can understand a cat Lulz) and decided not to try it on mine. (I have 4.)

[RavensChick]

7. It's not funny at all!

That's just as bad as putting a rubber snake near a dog's bed.

[City Lights]

8. I think it's a mean thing to do.

My niece send me a link to the video via FB and said I should try it with my cats. I watched the video and thought, "Gee, why don't you try it with your cats?"