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[–] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Only to a point though. They can break your skin, but they're so small that you can literally throw them across the room. There's no way a cat survives a human trying to kill them short of running away.

[–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think part of the problem with cats is that you don't want to injure the cat, but the cat has no problem with injuring you. The stories I hear from people who dealt with panicking/aggressive cats are mostly about catching the cat without hurting it, while avoiding getting hurt yourself.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was in a situation where a friend's very aggressive cat was looking at a small lizard that escaped while I was supposed to be feeding both, but not to each other obviously. Basically I had to willingly put my hands into a blender to solve this. But I managed to get her into a different room and close the on her without hurting her in any way.

Oh, and the lizard also bit me when I picked it up to put it back into its terrarium, but at that point I was way past caring.

[–] rainrain@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Goddammit. It makes me want to do drugs

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 points 9 hours ago

What doesn't make you want to do drugs??

[–] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Exactly, I guess that was what I was getting at. A cat will mess you up, but only as long as you tolerate it. (I love cats btw. would never dream of hurting one)