Most cukes look nothing like snakes, but I’m sure the shape or the smell trigger something primitive in cat brains. I grew cukes when Mr Kitty was alive, and he paid absolutely no attention to them as I harvested them. Friends’ cats consider snakes prey, too. So, an instinctive fear of snakes is questionable.
Horses who have never been anywhere near where rattlesnakes live will freak out at a sound similar to that snake’s rattle. And horses aren’t even native like rattlers to the US so that’s a conundrum.
The weirdest bit of where the heck did that come from is the Eastern hog-nosed snake. When cornered, it does impressions of dangerous snakes before pretending to be dead. I was trying to rescue one from my greenhouse, and it struck at me like a copperhead, then curled up and wiggled its tail like a rattler, then did a perfect impression of a cobra with the lifted head and spreading hood. When all of them didn’t work, it plopped over and pretended to be dead. So, how does a snake do impressions of snakes that aren’t even native to the continent. Mother Nature is weird.
marilynnbyerly about 4 years ago
Are raisins scary because they are toxic or because they look like dried up ticks?
cdward about 4 years ago
Yes, I am the guy who actually checked to see if there are any videos of dogs with raisins. There are not, at least not on YouTube.
Breadboard about 4 years ago
Strange how life changes when it is your butt in the hot seat !
Nyckname about 4 years ago
The theory is that cucumbers look like snakes, and cats have an inherent fear of snakes.
marilynnbyerly about 4 years ago
Most cukes look nothing like snakes, but I’m sure the shape or the smell trigger something primitive in cat brains. I grew cukes when Mr Kitty was alive, and he paid absolutely no attention to them as I harvested them. Friends’ cats consider snakes prey, too. So, an instinctive fear of snakes is questionable.
Horses who have never been anywhere near where rattlesnakes live will freak out at a sound similar to that snake’s rattle. And horses aren’t even native like rattlers to the US so that’s a conundrum.
The weirdest bit of where the heck did that come from is the Eastern hog-nosed snake. When cornered, it does impressions of dangerous snakes before pretending to be dead. I was trying to rescue one from my greenhouse, and it struck at me like a copperhead, then curled up and wiggled its tail like a rattler, then did a perfect impression of a cobra with the lifted head and spreading hood. When all of them didn’t work, it plopped over and pretended to be dead. So, how does a snake do impressions of snakes that aren’t even native to the continent. Mother Nature is weird.
Otis Rufus Driftwood about 4 years ago
Now we know what cats look for online.
WCraft Premium Member about 4 years ago
I have the same reaction to kale and okra.
Andrew Sleeth about 4 years ago
Can’t wait to see their reaction when they get to women with cucumbers.