Skip the produce when playing with your cat. You’ve probably seen the videos as you scroll through your social media feed: It starts with a cat minding their own business, calmly eating kibble or wet ...

While some cats have been known to save children or chase bears, this fearful feline is the epitome of the term “scaredy-cat!” Watch as this little calico gets knocked off his feet when he turns ...

There’s a reason why cats don’t like cukes—and why you should think twice about attempting to scare your own kitty with one If you’ve spent any time on the internet, chances are, you stumbled upon ...

The cat and cucumber prank usually involves a human placing a cucumber behind a cat while they eat. When the cat turns around and unexpectedly finds the cucumber, they may jump in fright. This is ...

The Internet has been losing its mind the past few days over videos showing cats leaping, running, jumping and madly dashing to get away from a cucumber surreptitiously placed behind them while they ...

It’s tempting to scare cats because, well, cats are hilarious when they’re scared. And it makes for good videos. That’s why the Internet’s newest viral sensation shows cats being frightened by – wait ...

Fear can come in all shapes and sizes from the small spider to the existential crisis but for our pets they can be much stranger. Viral videos and challenges have gone round in which pet cats jump at ...

But it turns out, cats aren’t really afraid of cucumbers. They’re afraid of snakes, predators and random objects sneaking up behind them. Some theorize cucumbers look similar enough to snakes that if ...

Videos showing cats being scared at the sight of a cucumber placed behind them have been going viral in recent years. In the clips, the felines can be seen suddenly jumping or walking away when they ...

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