Sometimes it's fun just to watch... / myLot

By JJ

March 7, 2016 8:53am CST

Ol' Scar...it's not always 'Can I catch it?' Sometimes, he just sits in the yard and watches things. He can reach the squirrel...and I am sure he knows it...but he's spent the last several minutes just calmly watching. Of course, I don't know what he's actually thinking...he may be calculating 'leap = (z) Ft, squirrel = y, time = w' He always has been better at math than me...

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Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43902)

• Cambridge, England

7 Mar 16

You never can tell with cats. He could equally well be reasoning "If I just sit here, maybe the squirrel will come closer and be friends ... or something

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (144795)

• Roseburg, Oregon

7 Mar 16

Patches just watches the squirrels when they run up our tree.

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@JolietJake (50190)

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7 Mar 16

Scar's leash is too short to allow him to climb

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (144795)

• Roseburg, Oregon

7 Mar 16

@JolietJake Patches goes outside with us and comes back in with us.

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Oshy

@TiarasOceanView (70022)

• United States

7 Mar 16

Haha what a sweet photo! He is so innocent yet so devious lolz

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Anna

@LadyDuck (477381)

• Italy

7 Mar 16

Cats are unpredictable, he could be there thinking that he could try to befriend the squirrel... so then it's easier to catch him.

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amnabas

@amnabas (14886)

• Karachi, Pakistan

7 Mar 16

That's what they are interested in.

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Angie

@andriaperry (118747)

• Anniston, Alabama

7 Mar 16

WOW! My animals would already be eating that squirrel, dogs or cat.

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@JolietJake (50190)

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7 Mar 16

Sometimes he tries to play 'tag'

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41Combedale

@41CombedaleRoad (5967)

• Greece

8 Mar 16

I think this experienced hunter knows that the squirrel is too close to the tree for him to stand a chance.

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Parthasarathy Krishnamoorthy

@tpksarathy (54)

• Madurai, India

8 Mar 16

its similar to human reaction to scare of cockroaches ha ha

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human scare

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Parthasarathy Krishnamoorthy

@tpksarathy (54)

• Madurai, India

8 Mar 16

@JolietJake yes, similarly, humans try to kill cockroaches........ha ha

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ha ha

tpksarathy

@JolietJake (50190)

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8 Mar 16

Usually he's trying to catch them

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

7 Mar 16

or, 'Just so you know Mr. Snack. I could totally catch you and eat you....if I wanted." Squirrel, "uhhuh...." Scar, "totally."

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Margaret Mwangi

@Missmwngi (12915)

• Nairobi, Kenya

7 Mar 16

I believe he must have been doing the maths on how to get it on one spring

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (356783)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Mar 16

What a great cat Scar is! I'd be sitting out watching him too. Even the best of hunters sometimes just can't be bothered.

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fishtiger58

@fishtiger58 (29819)

• Momence, Illinois

7 Mar 16

Everyone is better at math than me, Scar too.

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@Daljinder (23235)

• Bangalore, India

7 Mar 16

We used to have a dog who would capture rodents in his mouth and would then dutifully leave them at your feet. He never ate them or hurt them. He just loved playing catch with them.....

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