On average, a 5-kg cat needs around 250 ml of water a day. 250 ml of seawater contains about 8.75 g of salt, and the fatal dose of salt for a 5-kg cat would be 20 g of salt. In other words, this ability works within certain limits, so please don’t go out of your way to give salt water to your cat.

[–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 84 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The fact that you need to tell people not to intentionally give their cat salt water is telling of how far we've regressed as a society.

[–] jamesjams@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Humans are naturally curious and lean towards the scientific method, that's why we always need a disclaimer, don't TRY this, they still will.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

“Scientific method”?

Most people’s “method” is YOLO/HMB for lols. Thank goodness cats have nine lives.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Yeah or when something has been proven by the scientific method and they want to feel special so they specifically do the opposite of the beneficial thing

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

HMB? How many bombs?

[–] rwtwm@feddit.uk 5 points 10 months ago

'Hold my beer' I believe

[–] Sonor@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

trump entered the chat

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well, you know what they say about curiosity and cats...

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

curiosity

"Better to send a robot to Mars, than a cat" my papi used to say

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 39 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Still, that's pretty impressive. Cats are absolutely incredible animals. I'm thankful the "worst behaved cats" still love me for whatever reason because I've been able to see some of the crazy shit they do.

My parents have an entirely blind 18 year old cat. She can navigate the entire house eats fine, plays a bit. Hops up and down furniture, finds the sunbathing spots, uses the litter just fine. You do have to keep an eye out for her if your moving around as she can't smell fast enough if you step in front of her path.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm trying to imagine the world from this cat's point of view. Relying on smells, sounds, touch and vibration. I bet she can hear and smell small critters just fine, but would she be able to successfully hunt them?

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

She can still hunt rabbits somehow.

Not that they let her. They just discovered this by accident. She's an indoor cat that roams their high fence backyard when they're out there.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

If the critter is close enough, their whiskers can pick up on vibrations in the air AFAIK, so they could probably still hunt.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 10 months ago

please don’t go out of your way to give salt water to your cat

Advice to live by.

[–] AlbinoPython@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Don't tell me what to do! /s