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Maybe they were working from a reference photo that had the balls be visible, and they felt it'd be weirder to not include them

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It is an important detail. Someone not familiar with feline anatomy might wonder whether straddling prey and dragging it in such a way interferes with the feline's testicles. Clearly not a problem

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 5 points 1 day ago

I get it, it is very annoying when you're trying to drag your prey back to the den and your balls keep slapping the poor bird.

[–] thagoat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 days ago

That's nuts

[–] FancyPantsFIRE@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

It took balls to draw this.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

God I had a cat who did this he always looked like a dingus dragging a small blanket underneath himself as though he murdered it.