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goddamnedtwisto: Dec 31, 2004; If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you; Fun Shoe

flavor.flv posted:

That article leaves out a lot of information. Was there a shepherd who was just, like, free dog and put him to work? Or did he just stand up, shake off the broken glass, and take it upon himself to start rounding up some unattended sheep nearby?

Because with a border collie I could believe either one

My mate's collie would occasionally get loose and try to herd us (and any other random children in the area) back towards his house - he'd never even seen a sheep in his life, I guess it's just built into the hardware.

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PurpleXVI: Oct 30, 2011; Spewing insults, pissing off all your neighbors, betraying your allies, backing out of treaties and accords, and generally screwing over the global environment?
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Aw, I hope that baby raccoon was taken care of. Adorable thing.

goddamnedtwisto posted:

My mate's collie would occasionally get loose and try to herd us (and any other random children in the area) back towards his house - he'd never even seen a sheep in his life, I guess it's just built into the hardware.

My grandmother's old collie dog would do this except even if there was just a single animal around, like one rabbit, it had to be herded.

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Runcible Cat: May 28, 2007; Ignoring this post

Cartoon Man posted:

https://i.imgur.com/74IhdnR.mp4

Do they always do that ouroboros thing when they're not actually moving or is it a threat response? Every pic I've ever seen of whatever they are they're in wheel form.

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-Zydeco-: Nov 12, 2007

Gats Akimbo posted:

Do they always do that ouroboros thing when they're not actually moving or is it a threat response? Every pic I've ever seen of whatever they are they're in wheel form.

Threat response. Gets as many point outwards as possible and makes them larger and harder to swallow whole.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QULT1KJrqsI

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LifeSunDeath: Jan 4, 2007; still gay rights and smoke weed every day

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Fritz Coldcockin: Nov 7, 2005

LifeSunDeath posted:

https://hugelolcdn.com/v/758272.mp4

Pretty sure he's not the neighbors' cat anymore.

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Kwyndig: Sep 23, 2006; Heeeeeey

He's just a multihousehold cat, some cats are like that, they mooch off of two or more houses because humans love cats and will feed and play with them and provide them a safe place to sleep.

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StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
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flavor.flv posted:

That article leaves out a lot of information. Was there a shepherd who was just, like, free dog and put him to work? Or did he just stand up, shake off the broken glass, and take it upon himself to start rounding up some unattended sheep nearby?

Because with a border collie I could believe either one

I watched the video and it's even better, the collie straight up chased off the original herding dogs and took care of the sheep himself. The sheep owner came out to find that he had some extremely upset dogs.

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ThisIsJohnWayne: Feb 23, 2007; Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!

Kwyndig posted:

He's just a multihousehold cat, some cats are like that, they mooch off of two or more houses because humans love cats and will feed and play with them and provide them a safe place to sleep.

I sincerely hope the other cats have better taste in music

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Night10194: Feb 13, 2012; We'll start,
like many good things,
with a bear.

StrixNebulosa posted:

I watched the video and it's even better, the collie straight up chased off the original herding dogs and took care of the sheep himself. The sheep owner came out to find that he had some extremely upset dogs.

Every time a border collie is looking at you, they are quietly thinking 'Yes, and where are my sheep? Bring me to the sheep.'

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Zero One: Dec 30, 2004; HAIL TO THE VICTORS!

StrixNebulosa posted:

I watched the video and it's even better, the collie straight up chased off the original herding dogs and took care of the sheep himself. The sheep owner came out to find that he had some extremely upset dogs.

Look at me. I'm the herder now.

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Cocaine Bear: Nov 4, 2011; ACAB

We put a lot of effort into training the herding out of our corgi but she still insists on small children being arranged into a tight cluster. She's pretty good otherwise!

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PainterofCrap: Oct 17, 2002; hey bebe

Kwyndig posted:

He's just a multihousehold cat, some cats are like that, they mooch off of two or more houses because humans love cats and will feed and play with them and provide them a safe place to sleep.

This.

Many years ago, we had a Maine Coon, Addison. He was an indoor cat, like our other two at the time, with free access to the outdoors via a cat door. He would occasionally disappear over night, but was typically home. He rarely missed a meal.

After he died, I found out (gradually) that he was going to at least four of my neighbors' homes on a regular basis, and would behave, essentially, like the cat in the video.

I only knew about the neighbor across the street, because she had a mortal fear of cats, and he would wander over there, & in through the sliding door off their deck, constantly. She'd call, from her bathroom, door shut, for me to come & retrieve him. He'd invariably be sprawled out on the living room floor, bathing.

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goddamnedtwisto: Dec 31, 2004; If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you; Fun Shoe

There's effectively a polycule going on with the cats around here, with the 8 or so cats "owned" by 4 families but really just popping in to whichever house they feel like. They tend to congregate most around the house with the lady who always has her kitchen door open when cooking, or roam depending on the sun position, but will also pop in to the student house down the end (who aren't allowed to *own* cats but there's no way for the landlord to stop them just letting cats in) for treats and stroking.

I also *strongly* suspect the reason my cat is so insistent on - and adept at - removing any collar I try to put on him is that with his former owner he'd twigged that without a collar on it was much easier for him to walk in to other peoples houses and demand food, because that's exactly what the little poo poo does the moment my back's turned.

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BrewingTea: Jun 2, 2004

Zero One posted:

Look at me. I'm the herder now.

I laughed at way harder at this than I should have in a public place.

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Pththya-lyi: Nov 8, 2009; THUNDERDOME LOSER 2020

There's also "college cats" that live on school campuses and go around getting fussed over by students. One example is Kenyon College's Moxie, who likes to ride around on top of student backpacks:

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Cythereal: Nov 8, 2009; I love the potoo,
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Pththya-lyi posted:

There's also "college cats" that live on school campuses and go around getting fussed over by students. One example is Kenyon College's Moxie, who likes to ride around on top of student backpacks:

Can confirm, I work at a small college and we have a few campus cats. We even have dedicated shelters and an organization on-campus that works with a local animal shelter to trap and spay/neuter them and get kittens fostered and adopted.

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LifeSunDeath: Jan 4, 2007; still gay rights and smoke weed every day

Pththya-lyi posted:

There's also "college cats" that live on school campuses and go around getting fussed over by students. One example is Kenyon College's Moxie, who likes to ride around on top of student backpacks:

My college had albino squirrels