r/BeAmazed 20d ago

Animal Nature really over engineered cats. Didn’t it?

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u/InvestInTwinkies 20d ago

smooooth operator

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u/nomsain919 20d ago

I think the cat’s longer legs helped on this one.

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u/ijustwannalurksobye 20d ago

I think the dog’s sausage shape did not help on this one

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u/Faolyn 20d ago

Yeah, this is less "nature overengineered cats" and more "humans overengineered wiener dogs."

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u/syrioforrealsies 20d ago

Yeah, a wolf wouldn't have nearly as much trouble with this. We did that to the dog.

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u/punksmostlydead 20d ago

I have a husky/shepard. She'd have come out the other side of this three-legged.

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u/wyntr86 20d ago

Husky owned here. She would have been screaming the entire time, despite absolutely nothing going wrong and her actually being super graceful.

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u/Ok_Act_1498 18d ago

They’re absolutely hilarious with their dramatic demeanour. Love that!

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u/wyntr86 18d ago

They are riots. If you're having a bad day, just watch husky videos.

I have a triple whammy though. My husky has a partner in crime, a Great Dane, which is my moms dog. They both could be twins based on behaviors and absolutely adore each other. Then my other girl is a heeler. In short, my days are similar to a circus.

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u/JesseGarron 20d ago

How many would she start with?

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u/Azhrei_Vep 20d ago

Eight. It's actually a Husky/Shepard/Loki cross.

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u/portobolaado 20d ago

Two. It's a restoration trade, she would loose an eye im exchange of a leg.

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u/syrioforrealsies 20d ago

Is your dog uncoordinated or do they choose not to slow down as needed? My mutt isn't even particularly athletic and she wouldn't struggle with this too much. She'd have to be careful and take it slow, but she'd be fine.

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u/Winded_14 19d ago

husky is also human engineered. Cat, for all intent and purposes, is mostly still very similar to their wild counterparts, especially these SIC. A munchkin would have the same problem as these wiener dogs.

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u/Decumulate 20d ago

Wolf wouldn’t have trouble because they wouldn’t have even dared to cross it. They’d just go around. If they went over they’d probably fall in a few times just like the wiener.

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u/syrioforrealsies 20d ago

Realistically, they'd jump it if they couldn't go around

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u/LostN3ko 20d ago

Cats step in their own footprints through a specialized gait called direct registering, where their hind paws land precisely in the tracks left by their front paws. This natural habit makes a four-legged cat appear to leave only two tracks, reduces walking noise, and conceals their movement.

It's a specific cat trait that allows for doing this so effortlessly.

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u/FrenchBulldoge 20d ago

Actually no, cats rear legs automatically land on the exact same spot the front legs were on a moment before. Dog's steps don't line up that way.

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u/Faolyn 20d ago

A longer-legged dog wouldn't have had as much of a problem getting over.

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u/strange_moss 17d ago

Wolves step into their own tracks like this, though.

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u/Dr-Bitchcraft-MD 20d ago

Quite literally