Family Cat Crosses Path With An Enormous Owl And It's Unexpectedly Terrifying

Filing this under "animals that are a lot scarier than I originally thought"

Rachel

• Published in Animals
• July 8, 2020

Two animals tend to constantly pop up in stories about magic and witchcraft: owls and cats. Which might give one the impression that cats and owls are good friends—this story suggests otherwise.

Owls are birds of prey. They are excellent hunters, with the ability to swoop in a catch all kinds of small animals; anything from bugs, to mice and even fish!

They have super eyesight and hearing, which means that they are often the superior predator. Owls also have an incredibly spooky way of showing their dominance.

On the opposite side, cats are pretty well known for their hunting abilities and cats are definitely nocturnal (if the cats doing 2AM zoomies didn't suggest it....) Further evidence that cats and owls should be friends!

Alas, there is a video going around of a poor cat being the victim of an owl’s intimidation technique—check it out below. If you were this cat, wouldn't you be terrified?

A lot of us tend to romanticise owls in a very Harry Potter-esque way...

I mean, can anyone hear Hedwig's Theme without crying?

But not all owls are like our hero Hedwig. Check out this scary video of an owl intimidating a cat!!

Who knew they could do that with their wings?

They're... so big?

I feel silly for not knowing this but like?!

I just straight up would not mess with an owl.

Here are some cute lil ones to cheer you up again.

Rachel