A few years back I was at my girlfriends house, and we noticed that her cat was laying on next doors lawn in the sunshine with a fox as happy as can be. They both looked very comfortable with each other.
@@nooneyouknow5516 I think the fox was curious while the cat felt threatened. So yeah, I sort of interpreted the interaction in the same way as you did.
My family once had the joy of raising up a little fox puppy on our farm. She always wanted to be chased by the cats or by us. The funniest challenge for her was to run by as close as possible to the cats without getting hit 😅
It's kind of crazy how much bigger cats can get when they puff up like that. I used to have a cat that could nearly double in size when she was freaked out, hair on end. Amazing fur control.
I’m kinda surprised the cat was nearly as big as the fox. I thought foxes were near double the size, but watching more fox and cat videos I realized this wasn’t the case
I am glad i am not the only one who saw that, this tail was more furry than normal, but they didn't fight that is purrfect to me. That is about the cat, look her tail this fluffyness was more furry than the fox.
Yeah. The cat was trying to get rid of the fox, not play with it. In no way was that cat in a playful mood. Does the person who posted this video even know body language of cats?
@@augusonictheracoon5279 the cats tail fur was puffed out. Cats do that when scared or trying to intimidate prey or an opponent. This cat was by no means trying to play with the fox
Yes, they are friends. Just 2 months ago I saw a young fox hit by a car and my neighbours' cat sat next to her begged us to help. We tried our best but fox rescuer couldn't save her. I am crying right now because of that poor fox 🥲. Thank you for sharing this with us.
As a vet myself I can confirm that actually the cat wasn’t playing at all, it wanted to buy some cocaine from that fox. The body stance speaks for itself.
@@TheCerealArsonist really? That’s where you decided to go off the back of a light hearted comment like that?! 🤦🏼♂️ I’m guessing that you must be American. I’d assume you think yours is “the land of the free” too? Funny how your country never comes out top of any of the independently assessed world freedom indices don’t you think? In fact I’m being kind just pitching it as never top… frankly your level of freedoms are mediocre 🤷🏼♂️🤣🤣🤣
@@TheCerealArsonist good for you. Doesn’t really change my point a great deal though I’m afraid: Freedom House World Freedom Report 2021 - UK, 27th overall… Korea 58th overall. Cato Institute Human Freedom Index 2020 - UK, 17th overall… Korea 26th. And “rights” are assessed as part of each of these indices… so what was your point about having rights that you’re implying the UK doesn’t have again? 😜
*We have the cutest fox in our neighborhood. We see him/her all the time during the day running around the neighborhood.* She's not timid or scared! We moved to CT a year ago...we had no idea how much wildlife we would see in our own backyard. *Everything from raccoons and deer to bears...even moose! We Love it!*
@@christopherstein2024 LOL It's awesome! We purchased a Air Horn to scare them off...they aren't very timid, but they aren't aggressive either. They look at you more with a why are you yelling at me look than anything.
Delightful! I saw my two cats sitting about 6ft apart from a fox, very early one morning. They all just sat on the pavement, chilling. I was terrified the fox was going to attack the cats but eventually it wandered-off across the road and they watched it go. Obviously, just hanging-out for a bit.
I used to volunteer at a wildlife rehab clinic that specializes in foxes, and often if we got a fox pup that was abandoned, we'd try to get kittens to raise with it, because they actually learn more how to be fox like from cats if other fox kits aren't available. Also, in the wild, foxes tend to respect cats' space, as cats are more trouble to mess with due to their claws. Generally a healthy wild fox will leave a cat alone.
Dolphin noises? More like woman being attacked or crying baby noises. Shit gets me paranoid I'll be running out in my superman suit and it's just a fox.
@@24RRTouring Oh yes it is! 0:16 - raised fur, wide open hissing mouth, lunge-ready arched back, puffed-up straight tail tucked in, flattened ears - she´s in fight-mode in that moment for sure. Also the foxes "yawning" gesture at 0:17 - wide opening of mouth and showing of teeth is a threat gesture in foxes. Also he later seeks higher ground, they both never let the other out of sight. This is a confrontation, very clearly. Both are in stress by body language.
@@nilesbutler8638 BOLLOX You clearly havent a clue what your talking about they are playing ive had foxes play with my husky the fox and he play together once every month or so nothing unusual about it either it happens a lot , animals know when they are under threat and if the fox or the cat felt threatened your wouldnt see them for dust thats a fact .
@@nilesbutler8638 you have to deadass be stupid. Or a pathological bullshitter. The cat is playfully running around chasing the dog, so even if those signs did happen, it’s still playing
Astro Not looool you don’t have to be an expert to know a cat. When you have a cat you know how the cat reacts the same way you might know the different poses of dogs when happy or angry or scared 😂😂😂😂
@@CLP97 I like how you people act all high and mighty by suggesting that people are pretending to know about stuff they don't, whilst pretending that you know better. If you have ever owned a cat and have even the vaguest interest in their behaviour, you can tell this isn't play.
We had a cat who for some time had a fox as a best friend. The fox had been hit by a car and had a limp on one of it's legs but would wait outside our house everyday for our cat to come out and play and they'd greet each other and wander into the gardens side by side. One day the cat never returned, I hope he found a sweet carer who let's him play with his best friend still.
Some people think they were fighting and others playing. I see it as more of a neutral encounter. Initial surprise, then curiosity, then getting used to one another's presence until they both got spooked off by something off camera. I think it could have definitely evolved into earnest play if they were given some more time together.
It looked to me like the fox did something at the end that upset cat, but after thinking about it I agree with you. The cat would've hissed and yowled if it was being territorial.
Actually your completely right the cat would hiss if it was offended and the fox would leap into an attack or run off and not come back but it came back and they where just confused and curious as you said so good job 👍🏼
The fact that this stolen comment is almost right under the original version of this comment (at the time of me reading it) makes the attempted theft all the more disappointing
Once, after a long day delivering the mail I sat down. It was almost night, then all of the sudden this beautiful fox came out of the woods and starting playing alone, making high jumps. With the light post in the background the fox looked like an angel. She or he played for a long time then went back to the woods. This still is, one of the most mesmerizing experiences in my life!
My cat played with a fox and she'd bring it to our garden and invite it in ( turning around and waiting for it to continue following her when I opened the door...which it never did, would be scared off by the sight of me). She tried inviting other cats in too 😂
Agree the fluffed up tail and arched back is the cat trying to look big. There is no play involved here at all and the cat is simply trying to chase the fox away from it's territory, it may even have kittens that it's trying to protect.
Really? My cat's tail gets fluffed up like like that whenever we play . The cat wasn't hissing, growling or arching its back ... those are how you know if a cat is serious. These animals are playing cautiously.
It's like this with almost any animal. "Sure I could probably eat that thing, but is it worth it? That thing's almost as big as me, and could probably do some serious damage." Predators will only go after prey they can easily take down with minimal risk.
@@alexanderthegreat6682 True with a video like this, the fox isn't much larger than the cat. But watch some cat vs alligator / bear etc footage, and you'll see better what I was referring to.
Cat: 'Weirdest cat I've ever seen... I'm gonna play with it!' Fox: 'Weirdest fox I've ever seen, I'm gonna play with it!' BTW, adore the heart on the kitty's right flank
@Thelondonbadger 🤣😂🦊 you are too funny! This goes in my front yard almost every time my cat gets out... Around here (Northampton, MA USA) everyone blames "a fox" when their cats go missing. LOLOL 😸 -- no way, no how... They love to crunch on 🥜🥜🥜 by the way, there's a trail of shells 10 ft long outside 🐾😹 (🙋♀️from America)
@Thelondonbadger I know about the coyotes, we lose a lot of cats around here to those... Also, fisher cats (weasels). I've been reading extensively about 🦊 🦊 and they ALL claim it's extremely rare for 🦊 to actually kill a cat... Idk. But I keep my cats inside! I have a possum too that visits -- and a skunk -- and just this week, for the first time ever I found a woodchuck hanging on my birdfeeder 😃 👍 Reminded me of the Monty Python sketch about the "edgehog on the telly" 😂🤣Cheers!
Stop trying to humanize animals, you read too many kid books or watched to many Walter Disney cartoons. The fox is probably well fed and just hanging around while the cat recognizes a predator and is keeping it away.
Well they've never eaten my cats who are both smaller than a fox but guess what, unless your vegan YOU eat animals who're smaller than you even though you could easily NOT eat meat as you're a human with multiple other sources of food unlike a fox.@@marklospoopoo
@@hughmungus6911 But cats are so the fox knew it was entering into the cat's territory and was testing how well the cat could stop Intruders from entering
If they were fighting, the cat would have hissed, they wouldn't be in a casual posture, and they wouldn't stop in the middle of the fight, getting distracted, looking at other places. Maybe they weren't playing, but this is not a fight.
Christiane Reichardt .....naw when the cat is running it’s more like a slow gallop. If it was meaning business it would have been lower to the ground and much faster. Cute video
remember kitties, don't play in the street. this reminds me of being a kid full of excited exuberance where aimlessly running, JUST RUNNING, was a fun and joyous act. those were the days my friend. now just watching kids run around wears me out. but not animals so much.
We had some gray Fox orphans living in our backyard for a while. It backed to nature. Our cats loved to run around with them, especially at night. Then the foxes just moved on one day.
That is so sweet! Maybe foxes really like cats because they seem similar in size but not as openly aggressive as a dog. I bet most dogs would immediately start barking and getting angry at a fox but I don't know. I have always thought foxes seem like a cross between dogs and cats. This video footage is priceless, thank you!
I had a fox that used to visit our garden, for raw eggs and cooked sausages that I put out for it. It would come around mostly at night but sometimes it would come during the daytime. I also had a stray ginger cat that used to come around in the daytime. So I used to put cat food down in the day for the cat, and amazingly ended up photographing the fox eating bits of leftovers from the cats dinner bowl, while the cat lay on the lawn about three feet away licking and cleaning himself after he'd eaten. This was all about 10 years ago, and the funny thing was, when the fox stopped coming around, the cat stopped coming around. But what a great picture they both made.💜 🐈🦊🐈🦊🐈🦊🐈🦊💜
I've owned several cats within my life. Each cat is different, but this one is showing mixed body language. It's tail is fluffy while its back is slightly arched. Trying to make itself look more intimidating. While it's also not hissing or swatting. I think the cat was more curious than anything.
Also my current youngest cat is only about a year and a half and I have yet to see him hiss. Even when he gets in fights with my other one. I might've once, but it was hard to tell he got in a fight with a neighbors cat and one of the two, if not both were extremely loud.
Yea, the stance of a curious and excited cat lmao Just bc her tail is big doesnt mean she's being defensive, the biggest sign that she's more curious and relaxed is that it's in the air. Cats keep all valuable limbs close to them when they feel like they're in a dangerous situation, she's curious and cautious, but she's not being defensive or aggressive
So many retards lol. Maybe they are playing, but they both, especially the cat, are still defensive. They didn't attacked each other, because they were just curious.
Years ago we had a fox that decided it wanted to live with us, literally came through the cat flap and we found it asleep on the sofa, are we realised it was because he had become best pals with one of our cats. The cat only has three legs and would do his best to keep up with the fox but they were so sweet together. A friend of mine also had a fully domesticated fox growing up and said the are the perfect balance between an cat and a dog. They are the sweetest animal. I can’t believe people still try and hunt them.
Amanda C I left that part out because sadly he died when he was about three. We live down a quite country road but people sometimes speed down here because they feel like they can and Jr got hit by a car. We have lost a cat this way too
What an unusual companionship indeed! Can we also appreciate the birds chirping and singing in the background. What a relief most especially to those living in metropolitan areas!
Definitely filmed in the early morning or when the sun is setting. The birds chirping actually gives me PTSD to when I usually wake up because of the birds 🐦
@@jesspeters9023 wow that's the first time I've seen PTSD, a serious condition, trivialized to 'burbs wake me up so I have post traumatic stress disorder, see, I have severe trauma from birds chirping, yes I know people get bombed, but THE BIRDS, the birds cause me SUCH trauma'
