Or snakes. Like, big snakes.

I swear, if a housecat sees a noodle, some “I’m born to paw this to death” switch goes off in their heads.

See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rH5GxeyusM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIcpg_pFbF8

Interestingly, big cats aren’t like that. They don’t like snakes, and I think they’re too big to dodge them.