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I'd guess that rattlesnakes are one of that cat's favorite meals. That wasn't his first time. He's learned that they're easy to track. And may just pick on them in the early mornings, or on cool days. A warmed up reptile is many times quicker than a cool one.
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I watched an old barn cat kill a snake exactly like that years ago. A snake is no match for the quickness of a cat.
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I'd guess that rattlesnakes are one of that cat's favorite meals. That wasn't his first time. He's learned that they're easy to track. And may just pick on them in the early mornings, or on cool days. A warmed up reptile is many times quicker than a cool one. See that video I posted above. Tell me it isn't hot in that one.
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Cool video
I too was wondering if the Bobcat didn't get bitten. The activity that caught my interest is the rolling around in the dirt before it actually began to eat. If it was so hungry, seems to me it would have just started munching, but that's just my human perspective.
A victory dance?
An attempt to shed pain by rubbing it off?
I know little about feline behaviors. Be interesting to know.
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Cats, even housecats can be amazing hunters. We had a cat that lived to be 23 years old. It was a hunter.
Once I was watching a Cardinal eating from a feeder that we has hung on the trellis right off the back porch. I didn't realize the cat was in the area. She was hid in the vines that were growing on the trellis about 7' off the ground.
All of a sudden she exploded out of the vines, and while sailing through the air she hooked the Cardinal with her claws and shoved it in her mouth,...all before touching the ground.
The cat was about 18, maybe 19 years old at the time.
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Cool video
I too was wondering if the Bobcat didn't get bitten. The activity that caught my interest is the rolling around in the dirt before it actually began to eat. If it was so hungry, seems to me it would have just started munching, but that's just my human perspective.
A victory dance?
An attempt to shed pain by rubbing it off?
I know little about feline behaviors. Be interesting to know. They do that when they're contented. My cat rolls like that every time I give him some attention. He's strictly an outdoor cat.
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Cool video
I too was wondering if the Bobcat didn't get bitten. The activity that caught my interest is the rolling around in the dirt before it actually began to eat. If it was so hungry, seems to me it would have just started munching, but that's just my human perspective.
A victory dance?
An attempt to shed pain by rubbing it off?
I know little about feline behaviors. Be interesting to know. They do that when they're contented. My cat rolls like that every time I give him some attention. He's strictly an outdoor cat. It's "scent marking" behavior. They are claiming it as theirs. https://www.petmd.com/cat/behavior/cat-behavior-why-do-cats-rub-against-you
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That's a cool video. That bobcat looked like it wasn't quit full grown yet. Funny how he acted just like a big housecat, with that rolling around and other behavior.
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Love seeing a damned serpent get what's coming to him. Thanks for posting.
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That's a cool video. That bobcat looked like it wasn't quit full grown yet. Funny how he acted just like a big housecat, with that rolling around and other behavior. Yeah, it was a young cat. From what I've seen, ALL cats pretty much act the same... House cat, bobcat, or mountain lion. All the same.
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I'd guess that rattlesnakes are one of that cat's favorite meals. That wasn't his first time. He's learned that they're easy to track, don't require a lot of energy to kill,...and tasty. Tastes kinda like chicken.  L.W.
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Great video, thanks. Nothing like knowing what you're doing.
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I love a bobcat. What a badass.
I had a friend down in Georgia who used to eat rattlesnake. Deep fat fried, I ate rattlesnake with Jerry several times and it was good.
Jerry was an RN, worked the midnight shift at Baldwin County Hospital. He took in, at shift change at 11 pm, a plate full of fried rattlesnake chunks. He wouldn't tell the nurses what it was, but they all had a bite or two.
Then he said "I tricked you it is fried rattlesnake." Several of the girls vomited.
I wonder why Jerry couldn't get a date.
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Notice how the bobcat kept batting the top of it's head trying to pin down the business end of that snake. Not going for the tail or mid-body where the snake could whip around and sink it's fangs.
Instinct or learned behavior? I'll go with instinct.
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Cats, even housecats can be amazing hunters. We had a cat that lived to be 23 years old. It was a hunter.
Once I was watching a Cardinal eating from a feeder that we has hung on the trellis right off the back porch. I didn't realize the cat was in the area. She was hid in the vines that were growing on the trellis about 7' off the ground.
All of a sudden she exploded out of the vines, and while sailing through the air she hooked the Cardinal with her claws and shoved it in her mouth,...all before touching the ground.
The cat was about 18, maybe 19 years old at the time. Amazing.
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Notice how the bobcat kept batting the top of it's head trying to pin down the business end of that snake. Not going for the tail or mid-body where the snake could whip around and sink it's fangs.
Instinct or learned behavior? I'll go with instinct. How about that crunch sound when he finally pinned that head down. Also one of the birds was raising hell, trying to run the cat off and warn all the other animals it was there.
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And the kitty said “Buuuuurp”.
I am..........disturbed.
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