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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 68 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 50 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Imagining a tiger aggressively showing me it's asshole....

Not in the deviant art way.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm not into furry stuff, but I imagine that's basically how a yiff starts.

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

*Notices you pause grooming*

OwO what's this?

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wtf is a yiff? You know what, never mind.

[–] enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago

do you not see yiff everyday? oh wait that might be just my instance.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Pet tiger jumps on bed. 500 pounds of muscle paces in a circle beside you. You pet them on their head as they rotate away from your head scratches as your hand hugs be base of their back and they present their asshole to you.

Cats

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago

Big fluffy beans

[–] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 month ago (4 children)

These cats are absolutely lethal. I hike a lot and have a legitimate fear of being stalked by one (happened to a friend, the only reason she saw it was cuz she stopped to tie her boot, she had no idea). The fact they behave like normal cats strikes me as odd cuz you don't realize how scary a big fluffy kitty can actually be

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

All cats are finely tuned stealth killing machines (though some are lazy). House cats are just optimized for rodent-sized prey, though they are still capable of putting up a decent fight against larger things. Though I'm curious if cats evolved to trigger "cute" recognition or if primates evolved to find things that include cats cute.

[–] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

I will always argue that all mammals, if not broader categories, have cute recognition. I think it's a fair play mechanism that evolved so that most species will cut other species' young some slack in a brutal world, for the most part - with exceptions. I have no evidence for it, but I've seen enough animal interaction in my life to not feel completely unfounded either.

[–] sunoc@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

« Why friend shaped? »

[–] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

I want hug giant furball. But I also want keep face attached to body!

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'll tell you one thing, of all the terrible ways to die, being chased down by a lynx who just finished locking its bunghole with its tongue is the worst. Not only will you be dying, but you'll also smell like lynx ass.

[–] Welt@lazysoci.al 6 points 1 month ago

smell like lynx ass

They changed the name to Lynx Africa after some focus group findings

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago

Murder mittens

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 23 points 1 month ago

"Do you mind ?!"

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 2 points 4 weeks ago

Murder mittens

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

my name is lynx,
and wen it snows,
or wen the moon
shines on my toes,
i run all day,
and then nite falls,
leg stuck in air,
i lik my balls.

re

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

One of my cats fell asleep in that pose in somebody's lap.

[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

For a split second I thought this was a person in a very elaborate fursuit lol

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 3 points 1 month ago

I'm still not convinced.