A lot of people have the opinion when they watch this video for the first time that my bobcat is being aggressive and that he wants to kill my domestic cat, but if you watch it again there are some things to look for that show very clearly that he's not exhibiting any aggressive behaviors, and is not meaning any harm whatsoever, so I'll do a little break down of the video and what is really happening. also a bobcat has never killed an animal that it was raised with from birth. So at the beginning you see a short couple second chase which sounds loud, but only lasts a couple seconds and covers about 3 feet. lol Then they stop and my domestic sits down and gives a small warning growl. Nothing too crazy, but just telling my bobcat to stop it. and notice the body language of my bobcat here. after the growl from the domestic he turns his head, then backs up. then yawns. lol and then Lets out a small high pitched "whine" sound basically saying, "come on. I still want to play. why are we stopping?" because right before I turned the camera on they were playing and wrestling. my bobcat then retreats, turns around and comes back, very relaxed, with no signs of tension, he tests to see if my cat wants to play by stepping a little closer to him, and my domestic lets out another little warning growl, still nothing too crazy, but just telling him he's done playing. and again you see my bobcat in a submissive posture, looking down, trying to look seemingly disinterested, smelling the oven, and then in complete submission just laying down. Then my domestic calmly jumps up onto the counter, not to get away like some people are saying, but just to get onto the counter because that's one of his favorite places to lay. If he were scared he would literally run away, across the house and try to hide somewhere. But he's not afraid, and has nothing to run from. and then my bobcat of course follows. Not fast, but curious. and my domestic lets out another little growl saying "stop following me" lol. then Benji lets out another little whine, then sits, then yawn number two. When a bobcat is being aggressive or is mad or wants to kill an animal they do not yawn. haha. Still nothing aggressive on my bobcat's part. and he jumps up on the counter, and gets too close and knows to stop before he gets smacked by my cat. Then yawn number 3. Then looks at me with that shit eating grin. and eyes almost closed because he is dead tired. Then you hear some sounds from my bobcat which are whiney sounds, spoiled brat sounds because he's not getting his way, and even though he is so tired, he still just wants to play. and then more sounds, that if people aren't familiar with can be misinterpreted as aggressive sounds, but definitely are not. just being a brat and not getting my way sounds Then finally, so tired, trying to keep his eyes open just slides down to lay down. .realizing that he's way too tired to play anymore and if he keeps it up he's going to get smacked by my domestic. and of course then we have yawn number 4. and trying so hard just to keep his eyes open. and people are saying he's trying to kill my domestic cat. lol. seriously? I don't know what video people are watching but it's certainly not this video. and they are now laying next to each other, completely calm and this is where they fell asleep and slept for an hour or so after I got done filming. A domestic cat would not be sleeping next to an animal that it was afraid of and would not stay there if it felt it was in any kind of danger. Hope this helps explain
23 май 2013
