June 25, 2010: Kitty's 9th Life

Better get a dog... or a Mongoose.

weird.

you just never see the pussy going into the snake.

That Sir is fucked UP !!!

Mongi only work with cobras - the slowest of them all.

I new a herpetologist who'd tested the theory and found... boas love to eat mongooses.

I don't recognize that snake model. Seems sort of Australian but I dono.

I'm having a hard time understanding this picture. If it was a constrictor why and how would it be up 8 ft in the rafters somewhere a cat wouldn't be - with a cat? They don't back up once they attack. So it wouldn't back back up into the rafters after being on the floor making a kill.


This makes it all too clear.. It wasn't the dingos.

Aren't Friday pics supposed to be "awwwwww..." not ?


Totally harshed my morning.

I'm too upset at the poor kitty to be mad at xob.

For Pie ....

@ classic.


Uh, yeah it is kinda grim.

I can't say if that snake is Aussie or not, but it isn't a carpet python which is our most common python.

Thats not even nice, all I can think about is that poor kitty.

Lacking any rope, Mittens killed a snake, tied it into a noose, and jumped off the highest rafter he could find. Ever since his owner had him fixed ('broken' is more like it, thought Mittens), he found he had lost the will to live any more.

A good image of the day would be someone with gangrene of the genitals slicing their wrist with a butter knife while spiders crawl on their face and a giant clown lady barfs on them.

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123 A good image of the day would be someone with gangrene of the genitals slicing their wrist with a butter knife while spiders crawl on their face and a giant clown lady barfs on them.

Great idea Shawnee! I'll get on it right away!

Maybe the cat isn't quite dead in that pic.... maybe the camera person snapped a quick shot to aid the vetinary paramedics and then rushed to rescue the poor wee thing? See, it's waving.....

Ok so the cat repeatedly refused to clean the floor. Therefore mother snake had to take thing into her own hands, so to speak and force the cat to get the job done. Clearly the snake brought the cat up there just so that it could reach the mop.

And the good witch said "Now you can all live in harmony, happily ever after." The End.

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Originally Posted by monster Maybe the cat isn't quite dead in that pic.... maybe the camera person snapped a quick shot to aid the vetinary paramedics and then rushed to rescue the poor wee thing? See, it's waving.....

Really disappointed in you

I've been a daily visitor to the IotD for about 5 yrs now, and this is my first comment, sadly to say that I will probably not be back.

You should have put a warning on this photo. This completely messed up my morning. I'm used to the Friday IotD being a cute or at the very least interesting animal photo, not a snuff shot.

You really failed here. Tasteless does not begin to describe the photo.

Would you have felt the same if the cat had a limp snake in it's mouth?

I still maintain the cat's not dead. yet.

A warning might've been nice, though.

... agreed. This image was quite out of character for what most have come to expect as the IotD on a Friday..

@xirene - That being said, I think to make such a harsh decision based upon one out of thousands - seems a bit, no, way over the top.

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Originally Posted by newtimer Lacking any rope, Mittens killed a snake, tied it into a noose, and jumped off the highest rafter he could find. Ever since his owner had him fixed ('broken' is more like it, thought Mittens), he found he had lost the will to live any more.

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Originally Posted by xirene I've been a daily visitor to the IotD for about 5 yrs now, and this is my first comment, sadly to say that I will probably not be back. You should have put a warning on this photo. This completely messed up my morning. I'm used to the Friday IotD being a cute or at the very least interesting animal photo, not a snuff shot. You really failed here. Tasteless does not begin to describe the photo.

Hey LJ, maybe we should start a thread to discuss the problem of bloodsucking lurkers and how to fix the problem. could you work on that for us?

My theory is that most lurkers are democrats and communists.

Absolutely, as evidenced by the fact that they suck and hate america. Counting down the 3 minutes until Redux posts a government paid study refuting this premise.

We haven't had a graphic caution in a looong time (if you don't count the fako velvet painting of the monkey and the leopard). I wonder if one here would have kept anyone away, especially xirene (who apparently joined today to say goodbye) and usually tougher shawnee.
I would have looked anyway, thought medium-yuck and enthusiastically gone on to read these comments.
The photo is quite a few places on the web, but with never an explanation, except for maybe Australia and maybe python.
Most predators have a pretty good eye for what to kill, sometimes called a prey image or picture. While the extent of the snake is hard to determine, it looks as if he has bitten off more than he can chew, so to speak.
I would not be surprised to find that they were both dead and then set up.

Huh? What did I do?

At least my joke was remotely funny!

We identify with cats to a greater degree than snakes it seems. Fact is on this planet, every one and everything lives at the expense of something else's life. Something has to die so that you can live.

Still, what makes that a sad picture is two fold:

1. Most of us identify with the cat
2. The death of the cat did not increase the number of pictures of naked chicks.

seriously awful.

I think the title was sufficient warning.

Oh crap! A useless, non-contributing leach was needlessly upset during the passive consumption of their daily FREE entertainment. Well, luckily I know something about the internet. NOBODY who says they "are leaving" REALLY leaves. Especially a worthless, do-nothing lurker whose existence serves no discernable purpose. I happen to know that "xirene" will be back around, time and time again, to see the result of their childish little tirade.

By the way, if this image "ruins your day" then you seriously need to go see a physician to correct the chemical imbalances that are wreaking havoc upon your already enfeebled brain tissue. A strong, well-adjusted person such as myself looks at that image and says "That's life!"

Yeah!
And don't forget to hit the tip jar!

Yeah!
And don't let the tip jar hit your ass on the way out!

What jinx said.

IotD Crossoverİ

Don't end up with the tip jar up your ass!

Life is death. Death is life.

True freedom is doing what you are told. Flint is sane.

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Originally Posted by Flint Life is death. Death is life.

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Originally Posted by Flint By the way, if this image "ruins your day" then you seriously need to go see a physician to correct the chemical imbalances that are wreaking havoc upon your already enfeebled brain tissue. A strong, well-adjusted person such as myself looks at that image and says "That's life!"

No, you're cool. You didn't pull the crybaby "I'm leaving" routine like xirene.

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Originally Posted by monster Would you have felt the same if the cat had a limp snake in it's mouth? I still maintain the cat's not dead yet; it's pining for the fjords.

I checked with Hallmark, they don't have an apology card for that image, so suck it up.

They don't? If anyone has Hallmark shares... SELL!

Meanwhile...

Sometimes the cats in our lives
Get taken from us by surprise
But a snake in the hand
Is worth 12 bucks a pound
So cheer up and see the bright side

It is just an image of one animal (possibly) killing another one. The end. It's just nature. There are no evil animals as far as I can tell and I don't get how someone can claim that there was something wrong with that image which is merely a momentary observation of nature. I also wonder if xirene is a meat eater and realizes what animals go through just before they are slaughtered. Reading IOTD for five years and now going to stop because of one post? Yeah, right!

She's rather hang out on Deviant Art.

I just joined today. Death and empathy are a funny thing. Too often we accuse the predator of being the bad guy when even we ourselves take the role of snakes. The predator prey relationship predates the concepts of good and evil.

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Originally Posted by lumberjim My theory is that most lurkers are democrats and communists.

it's what I do.

:: takes a bow ::

Welcome to the Cellar, dezireless.

Not you, spudcon.

It's just WWF.

Relax.

That snake was hired by one of the two hundred slaughtered bird's relatives that were killed by the cat - merely for 'entertainment'. It was just a balancing of the books.

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123 A good image of the day would be someone with gangrene of the genitals slicing their wrist with a butter knife while spiders crawl on their face and a giant clown lady barfs on them.

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus It's just WWF. Relax.

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Sick. Sometimes I find the natural world to be sick and repulsive. So why am I so apt and ready to defend it all the time?
Move along/ off quasi-rant.

Too much Disney at an impressionable age. Don't feel bad, it has happened to all of us.

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Been reading this for years, love the site - miss it when I'm on holiday, occasionally post.

Animals kill animals to eat. I pay people to kill cows so I can haz cheezburger. It's how the world works.

Maybe the title could have given a little more warning, I was a little taken aback by the image, maybe 'cat runs out of lives' or something.

I think never visisitng again is a bit of an over reaction. Unfortunatley we don't live in a world where everything is teh fluffeh so, yeah, that's all i've got to say

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(p.s. for the pedants I know my html tags don't work even in theory but hey....)

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Teh ogwen
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Originally Posted by squirell nutkin .

I don't really want to see dead household pets. If I'd posted that picture you people would have clogged the internet to condemn for it.

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Originally Posted by Flint A strong, well-adjusted person such as myself looks at that image and says "That's life!"

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Originally Posted by classicman I'm too upset at the poor kitty to be mad at xob.

I was much more disturbed by the video of the monkey with the pet frog.

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus I was much more disturbed by the video of the monkey with the pet frog.

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Originally Posted by Flint A strong, well-adjusted person such as myself looks at that image and says "That's life!"

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr No. No, they don't. That would be a sociopath.

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Originally Posted by squirell nutkin was that another of Shawnee's links?

OK, I'm starting to get all riled up over this post. Here I am, hungry as heck, and not one of you has come through with a halfway decent recipe! I mean, come on, think of the opportunity: TWO main ingredients to work with!

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Originally Posted by squirell nutkin was that another of Shawnee's links?

I've checked all of our books for kitten stuffed snake recipes, but so far nothing.

Couldn't be much different than turducken I would think...

It's in the one with "Frog a la Peche"

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Originally Posted by Mayor of Shekou OK, I'm starting to get all riled up over this post. Here I am, hungry as heck, and not one of you has come through with a halfway decent recipe! I mean, come on, think of the opportunity: TWO main ingredients to work with!

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Originally Posted by Flint Bullshit. You've never seen a national geographic where the cheetah chases down the gazelle, bites its throat out, and then tears its raw flesh apart and eats it? You're telling me that only a "sociopath" could watch that program objectively??? BULLSHIT. You are dead wrong.

Good point, Gravdigr. I especially like your correct distinction about your opinion.

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Originally Posted by lookout123 Absolutely, as evidenced by the fact that they suck and hate america.

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr No. No, they don't. That would be a sociopath.

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Originally Posted by Flint Bullshit. You've never seen a national geographic where the cheetah chases down the gazelle, bites its throat out, and then tears its raw flesh apart and eats it? You're telling me that only a "sociopath" could watch that program objectively??? BULLSHIT. You are dead wrong.

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr I don't have a pet gazelle. We're talking about household pets, not animals living in the wild. edit: In My Opinion.... sorry... almost forgot that part! And I am not wrong. I have a different opinion.

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Originally Posted by BigV Good point, Gravdigr. I especially like your correct distinction about your opinion.

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet No, that would be vampires and muslims.

New movies coming out:
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
(seriously!)

mi-OWWWWW

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Originally Posted by SPUCK New movies coming out: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl This is one film that I expect to enjoy as much - if not more - than the book.

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Originally Posted by dezireless snip -- The predator prey relationship predates the concepts of good and evil.

Lumberjim:

but it IS life.

I wish it was the cat that is STILL eating my trash!

We can either try to shelter ourselves from the reality of life, or we can embrace it fully. And, after all, we really have no choice--this is the world we live in! The Native Americans worshipped the spirits of the animals they consumed...lazy modern man doesn't even stop to consider that this meat was ever part of a living creature. Life IS death, because to LIVE we must EAT. To EAT is to KILL (whether you hide this reality from yourself, or not). And, yes, vegetables are alive too. If you eat the ROOT of a plant you have taken its life in an irreparable way.

Snakes live, snakes eat, snakes kill. Cats live, cats eat, cats kill. Man lives, man eats, man kills. If this bothers you, you are literally having a schizophrenic break with REALITY.

You keep saying "household pet" as if that distinction exempts them from the reality of life. It doesn't! Nor are YOU exempt.

You keep saying what kind of reaction a person should have to a PICTURE of this situation. Well, let me tell you, the time that I found my dog (whom I had literally raised from birth, including bottle feedings and the whole nine yards) dead on the lawn, next to a dead snake, it pretty much cured me of ever having crybaby, Walt Disney type reactions to a ƒucking PHOTOGRAPH of a similar situation. Don't believe me? Look it up--I'm pretty sure I have posted about this before.

When I say "That's life" I MEAN IT goddamnit. THAT. IS. LIFE. If you don't want to accept that then you are choosing to be ignorant. The end.

Uh not to be a wet blanket or anything, but from the cats perspective .... thats death, not life. jussayin

I deny your reality, and substitute my own. (I read that somewheres.)

No doubt that it is our reality, Flint. That reality's effect on us is definitely on a sliding scale, however. No one is going to be strongly shocked by a carrot or head of lettuce, hanging from a constrictor's tight coils.

When it's a pet, it's a lot more affecting, of course. If it were your child, or spouse, the effect would be incredibly strong.

It's a natural reaction to help us remember "snake's coils are deadly", and stay safe.

Inferences of mental health based on the person's sensitivity to that stimuli, are unfounded. As you've shown, that sensitivity will change, depending on their exposure to it.

Awww, reality to harsh?
Is that's what's bothering you Bunkie?
Then have some nice mellow fantacy....

Um.. yeah.. That brings back fond memories of when that happened to me.

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Originally Posted by Flint Well, let me tell you, the time that I found my dog (whom I had literally raised from birth

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Originally Posted by Flint When I say "That's life" I MEAN IT goddamnit. THAT. IS. LIFE. If you don't want to accept that then you are choosing to be ignorant. The end.

He prolly don't have no buttons. Buttons are for pussies. Prolly.

Flintz got stix not buttons - duh!

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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato Does that mean that there is no picture which you would find repugnant?

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce It's NOT about you.

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Originally Posted by Adak No doubt that it is our reality, Flint. That reality's effect on us is definitely on a sliding scale, however. No one is going to be strongly shocked by a carrot or head of lettuce, hanging from a constrictor's tight coils. When it's a pet, it's a lot more affecting, of course. If it were your child, or spouse, the effect would be incredibly strong. It's a natural reaction to help us remember "snake's coils are deadly", and stay safe. Inferences of mental health based on the person's sensitivity to that stimuli, are unfounded. As you've shown, that sensitivity will change, depending on their exposure to it.

This has been a long time coming:


Since the cat is already hung proceed to smoke and dry until jerked
Sever room temp. with light garnish.

You should read "Cooking with Fernet Branca" I truly think you will enjoy, if not love, it.

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Originally Posted by Flint Thank you. I see that you have understood the actual issue, and have helped to clarify. You are correct, a person's sensitivity to stimuli will change depending on their exposure to it. Therefore, it seems that a person has two choices when faced with reality, #1: turn away, and choose to remain sheltered and unable to deal with the real world, or #2: assimilate the new information, embrace it, and advance as a person. You are correct, I was wrong to state this as a mental health issue. It is actually a maturity issue. A mature person will be able to see an image of a natural death (the kind which occurs billions of times every day) and fully understand what it is, what it means...and it will not be traumatic to them. You are correct, there is a sliding scale upon which people idenify household pets as family members. I subscribe to that. However, it is actually DISRESPECTFUL to the animal to anthropomorphize its psychological characteristics. When I see the image of the snake and the cat, I naturally empathize more with the "victim" in the image. I do not simply, selfishly, regard the animal as a "teddy bear" that lives within my home, but I fully respect that animal as a predator with its own way of living life. I do not believe that the cat as a species is ignorant about the realities of life and death. In empathizing with the cat psychology, I do not apply my own "soft" human feelings. I am actually being MORE sensitive. I am RESPECTING nature, for what it is. I insist that to be repulsed by this image is to be truly ignorant and immature.

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr All this will bite you in the ass one day. God, I wish I could be there to see it. I'm done with this.....................................................................now.

Wow people. How many dead animals do you pass on the road in a week. And thats live! Do you get all mushy over that? I have been a pet lover and owner all my life and I am amazed at the reaction of some people to this picture. Am I going to hang it on my living room wall? No, but come on, it is an interestesting phototgraph which is what iotd is all about. Right?

<back to lurcking>

YOU SPELLED LURKING WRONG!!!

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Originally Posted by squirell nutkin You should read "Cooking with Fernet Branca" I truly think you will enjoy, if not love, it.

Jim, typing while drinking never one of my strong suits. Spelled interesting wrong too.

Hey wait a minute ... has anyone used the

you just did.

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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato Well, everything is life, isn't it. Unless a picture is 'shopped, it's life. Does that mean that there is no picture which you would find repugnant? BTW, I'm _not_ saying you should or shouldn't find this particular picture repugnant. Just trying to ascertain whether anything pictured would push your buttons and where the line would be for you.

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I'm quite dissapointed that this hasn't degenerated into a proper flamewar - what is the internet coming to!

And no Godwins Law either....

Eh back in the day...

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Well, I blame you - You got things started and then went off hiding again.

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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato Yo, Flint. Did you miss the question, or don't feel like answering?

.

*sigh*

Your all gay

and

Where are the upload codez?

My all gay what? Broadway Revue?

tsch tsch shawnee get with your memes linkie anotheerlinkie

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Originally Posted by ogwen69 tsch tsch shawnee get with your memes linkie anotheerlinkie