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I’m wondering if cats think of us kind of like how a person thinks of a friendly bull: aware that they could easily kill us, but not necessarily afraid of them; or more like a large Dalmatian: they could fuck us up, but most of us don’t really think about that unless they’re being aggressive.

I grew up with dogs and feel like I understand them a lot better than I do cats as a whole. I adopted my cat almost four years ago and I feel like I get her pretty well, but I don’t really have an idea of what she thinks about me. I also don’t really know any other cats, though I’ve gotten along with strays and friends’ cats a lot better since I got mine.

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[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

To be fair, that's a black bear and they are afraid of everything. They are pansies. They will bluff charge you and if you do nothing and just look at them they get awkward and start wandering off. You can charge them and they'll sprint too. They just act on bear reputation but if you don't act afraid of them they short circuit and have no idea how to respond.

Source: Everytime as a kid we went blueberry picking we had to deal with these guys. Same with going to the landfill or hunting.

[–] Rekonok@sh.itjust.works 12 points 7 months ago

Bear entertaning the kids by pretending to be the blueberries warden then fleeing as a cartoons vilain

Sorry this is my headcanon now

They can be dangerous if starving or if they're used to humans. That's about it, though.