# Cat Trees Bear: Twice **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 10, 2006, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-trees-bear-twice/360171 "2006-06-10T05:32:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-trees-bear-twice/360171/21 "2006-06-12T00:31:11Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Seriously, don’t give a cat to someone who doesn’t want it. You’re whoosing me, right? 🙂 [/QUOTE] He’s an animal lover, he’s just afraid of the emotional commitment required with being owned by a cat. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-trees-bear-twice/360171/22 "2006-06-12T00:37:38Z")
This is the [dog terrorizing cat](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dwsimm2000/detail?.dir=8cf7&.dnm=9957re2.jpg&.src=ph) that I wrote about. Now long since gone. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-trees-bear-twice/360171/23 "2006-06-12T01:06:13Z")
A fine looking cat. Is that a skateboard he’s sitting on? ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-trees-bear-twice/360171/24 "2006-06-12T02:44:04Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] A fine looking cat. Is that a skateboard he’s sitting on? [/QUOTE] Yes, and he was a she. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-trees-bear-twice/360171/25 "2006-06-12T02:47:03Z")
[QUOTE=David Simmons] Yes, and he was a she. [/QUOTE] Taking a walk on the wild side, then? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-trees-bear-twice/360171/26 "2006-06-12T02:51:49Z")
Ah, my _faux paws_ saved by a newcomer. Welcome! That’s a joke, son, “paws” for “paus” ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-trees-bear-twice/360171/27 "2006-06-12T03:01:44Z")
What’s this? My furst punball challenge here at SDMB? Beclaws if it is, I’ll need to know how we will tabbylate the score… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-trees-bear-twice/360171/28 "2006-06-12T03:41:34Z")
OK, we beat up the new guy and steal his lunch money. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-trees-bear-twice/360171/29 "2006-06-12T03:48:04Z")
D’oH! _Now_ I see it. The scale in the original SPI photo renders the ursine-averse feline very small. I still would have included a primary shot if the cat. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-trees-bear-twice/360171/30 "2006-06-12T04:25:16Z")
[QUOTE=cerberus] I still would have included a primary shot if the cat. [/QUOTE] If the cat _WHAT_, man, _WHAT_? Please don’t leave us in suspense! :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-trees-bear-twice/360171/31 "2006-06-12T12:23:43Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] If the cat _WHAT_, man, _WHAT_? Please don’t leave us in suspense! :eek: 😃 [/QUOTE] If the cat had allowed it. You think after chasing a bear up a tree he would hesitate to eviserate the paveratzi? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-trees-bear-twice/360171/32 "2006-06-12T13:49:15Z")
I’m seriously impressed. Our cat Maggie adopted our daughter MillCal as her kitten, protecting her from everything. One day the naighbors brought their dog over, and MilliCal, who loves dogs, petted it. Maggie was outside, and saw this _dog_ near her kitten. She went ballistic, arching her back, all her hair going up, her tail fluffing out. She _charged_ straight at the dog, who had to weigh at least five times as much as her. Probably more. But she chased that dog away from her kitten, and then around and out of the yard. I have no doubt Maggie would have gone after a bear, if required. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-trees-bear-twice/360171/33 "2006-06-12T14:28:04Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] If the cat had allowed it. You think after chasing a bear up a tree he would hesitate to eviserate the paveratzi? [/QUOTE] Musst … resist … pun … about … large Italian tenor … and … photojournalists… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-trees-bear-twice/360171/34 "2006-06-12T15:44:49Z")
**Oakminster** , if that’s a good sample of your writing style, you’re going to work out just great around here. Welcome! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-trees-bear-twice/360171/35 "2006-06-12T15:50:21Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] Musst … resist … pun … about … large Italian tenor … and … photojournalists… 😃 [/QUOTE] Paverotti Smazarotti. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-trees-bear-twice/360171/36 "2006-06-12T18:38:07Z")
[QUOTE=Oy!] **Oakminster** , if that’s a good sample of your writing style, you’re going to work out just great around here. Welcome! [/QUOTE] I second the motion. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-trees-bear-twice/360171/37 "2006-06-12T18:45:55Z")
[QUOTE=cerberus] [linky](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1120AP_Cat_Scares_Bear.html?source=mypi) **Note to editors** : when a cat trees a bear twice, _include pictures of the freaking cat!_ What was the problem? Your people got the picture of the bear. What, were you protecting the identity of the cat from the New Jersey Bear Mafia? Stupid. [/QUOTE] Obviously they were protecting the cat’s secret identity, since this was clearly the work of [Streaky the Super-cat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaky_the_Supercat). ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-trees-bear-twice/360171/38 "2006-06-12T19:06:07Z")
> [@](#): > > “I thought, ‘Aww, look at the little kitty looking at the bear,’” Giovanetti said. But as Giovanetti watched on, she saw the bear cast frequent, worried glances down at the cat, a 10-year-old orange-and- white tabby named Jack. The bear seemed scared. 🙂 Man, I bet Jack the cat is really raking in the pussy after this episode… Also, Note to Self: Watch Colbert Report tonight… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-trees-bear-twice/360171/39 "2006-06-12T19:08:56Z")
[QUOTE=CynicalGabe] Also, Note to Self: Watch Colbert Report tonight… [/QUOTE] Excellent point, thank you. He will have to mention this incident. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-trees-bear-twice/360171.md?page=1)