Spyke
piefed.social

I want to live in a country where “cats jumping out” is what they’re warning people about!

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tetris11reply
feddit.uk

Dunno, you're walking down the street having a great day when suddenly two shorthairs spring up behind you, a third drops down from a tree above, brandishing a knife to your chin and hissing promises of death and retribution at you

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I’m still not seeing the downside here, because…well…cats.

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In Paris, there was a spat of feral colonies going after tourists a while back.

Well. Once.

But I still think it’s funny to imagine it being a bigger problem.

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futurology.today

A bunch of crows is called a gang iirc, is there a term for multiple cats jumping out at you?

Update: damn I learned a lot from you guys with the google and whatnot.

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manicluckyreply
lemmy.world

A group of crows is a murder, and ravens are an unkindness. Smart black birds were not named with politeness.

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According to this random website (just one of the first results on Ecosia): "While clowder is the most common collective noun for cats, a group of cats is also called a cluster, litter (kittens of the same mother), destruction (wild cats), or nuisance."

First time I've heard any of those apart from litter, personally. There's also a pride of lions.

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A cat spawning from a bush made me fall from my bike once, I guess I would have paid more attention with a sign like that

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I've been in Japan a decade and don't recall ever seeing one of these. It says ネコ飛出し注意 cat jumping out caution.

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Ashtearreply
piefed.social

Here it's a katakana character purely used for the sound, in this case "ne," the first half of neko, for cat.

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