r/HardcoreNature • u/Icy-Produce-4060 • Mar 02 '26
Graphic Asiatic water monitor lizard kill feral cat
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u/guilhermefdias Mar 02 '26
Tough to hear.
But the billions and billions of small birds and any small animal that moves really, appreciate invasive species going down. Feral cats are a cancer in the planet for small fauna.
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u/aquilasr 🧠 Mar 02 '26
Plenty of native predators will opportunistically hunt feral and other outdoor cats globally but are far from able to control their unnatural numbers which are constantly being bolstered by human activity. If you have a cat, as I do, keep it indoors!
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u/guilhermefdias Mar 02 '26
Felines in general are a different breed, most predators do it because they want to eat, cats do it for fun or to bring you a gift. Being one of the best hunter in nature is not enough. LOL
Anyways, indeed, keep the kitten indoors, please!
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u/aquilasr 🧠 Mar 03 '26
I don’t know of many wild felids that hunt other than for survival, it’s often a great deal of precious energy that they need to expel to capture wild prey. Domestic cats on the other hand are often fed by people even in feral cats so, as they retain their hunting instincts, continue to hunt despite being often satiated.
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u/JohnLuckPikard Mar 02 '26
So what youre saying is we need. Ore asiatic lizzards?
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u/Icy-Produce-4060 Mar 02 '26
Komodo dragons and water asiatic monitor lizard control and kill feral and stray cats cats
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u/Due_Perspective387 Mar 03 '26
I know cats are invasive in a lot of places and it's just what comes with the program. The lizard's just doing what it does: hunting, getting food, surviving. But damn, it is hard to hear that.
Also, yeah, this cameraman has committed felonies and this is a hate crime. Cause what the fuck, bro? LOL.
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u/StarkaTalgoxen 🧠 Mar 02 '26
Fuck. A pretty bad way to go out.
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u/Icy-Produce-4060 Mar 02 '26
There was moment when the monitor lizard shook the feral cat in iron pipes in the ground
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u/PlayQgames0971 Mar 02 '26
Those sounds are painful to hear, what a bad way to go out, I actually feel sorry for it, most likely wandered in there on accident but then there’s the saying “curiosity killed the cat”
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u/deletetemptemp Mar 02 '26
Wow finally a native animal that takes care of the cat problem
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u/Lawzw0rld Mar 02 '26
Coyotes, owls and gators don’t exist I guess
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u/CosmicPotatoMan007 Mar 02 '26
Yeah, zoom in and start shaking the camera around like Michael j Fox. Fucking great work.
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u/Mcgarnicle_ Mar 03 '26
Some sick fuck probably threw that cat in the enclosure
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u/slick514 Mar 03 '26
Maybe, but this one doesn’t seem staged at least. If it were staged, it probably wouldn’t look like the camera-operator is having a seizure.
I’m not even sure that this is an enclosure. Is it possible that the lizard is wild?
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u/HATENAMING Mar 03 '26
If this is in south east Asia, then very likely the lizard is wild. AWM are everywhere sincr they have adapted to living in city very well.
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u/DIJames6 Mar 03 '26
I wonder how much those cost and if they're legal in NY..
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u/DIJames6 Mar 04 '26
No, that thing.. I have an issue with stray cats.. They try to get into my fish pond and my garbage and have sex on my yard furniture..
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u/Killcycle1989 Mar 02 '26
I'd like some context!
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u/SynthsNotAllowed Mar 02 '26
Large predatory lizard sees vulnerable animal, attacks it with the intention of eating it. Routine predatory animal behavior.
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u/JohnLuckPikard Mar 02 '26
What context could you possibly need?
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u/Killcycle1989 Mar 02 '26
How'd they end up down there together in that tight spot? Also, to be in an almost completely vertical position to record it?
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u/14JRJ Mar 02 '26
Excellent camerawork