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[โ€“] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Mom had two female cougars she raised from the bottle, as house pets. They were abandoned for whatever reason, can't remember. Declawed for safety, but still.

Tasha had a thing for men wearing hats. Any hat. Any man. So my 20-something dumbass decided to start a little shit. 90lb. cat vs. 130lb. me. Got down on the living room floor wearing my straw cowboy hat and stared her in the eye. "Let's go bit-..."

All I saw was a tawny blur and fighting to get on my knees. She got the hat and a monster hank of my long hair. I let her keep the hat. And the hair.

I now have zero illusions as to fighting animals.

[โ€“] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Wtf though there's a huge difference between a 10lb housecat and a 90lb cougar. Although there are cases of people fighting off cougars with their bare hands...