# Cats and cucumbers. A Sat morning LMAO minute. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 24, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-and-cucumbers-a-sat-morning-lmao-minute/789749 "2017-06-24T13:38:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-and-cucumbers-a-sat-morning-lmao-minute/789749/1 "2017-06-24T13:38:53Z")
Okay, do you have 2 minutes to watching cucumbers scaring the crap out of cats? Those cats must have heard about _cat and cucumber_ stew. Pointless, mundane and funny. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-and-cucumbers-a-sat-morning-lmao-minute/789749/2 "2017-06-24T14:04:23Z")
Whatever would possess someone to make them think “Wonder what happens if I put a cucumber next to the cat?” And then to record it for posterity… But, yeah, kinda funny. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tdcskp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tdcskp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tdcskp)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-and-cucumbers-a-sat-morning-lmao-minute/789749/3 "2017-06-24T14:21:22Z")
I did it to my cats -lower the lights and see if they don’t act like a snake has creeped up on them. Good fun- all over youtube. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-and-cucumbers-a-sat-morning-lmao-minute/789749/4 "2017-06-24T15:34:34Z")
I’ve seen that video before. I often give my cats the ends of cucumbers to play with, since they’re always interested in whatever it is I’m cutting up on the counter, and gnawing on a bit of cucumber isn’t going to hurt them. They bat it around the kitchen floor for awhile, then get bored and I throw it out. No cat of my acquaintance has ever regarded a cucumber with alarm–but then I’ve never lobbed a full one at them. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-and-cucumbers-a-sat-morning-lmao-minute/789749/5 "2017-06-24T17:02:36Z")
So many vertical videos. I believe the battle has been lost. I wish I still had a cat. This calls for experimentation. I know my dog will just take the cucumber and eat it. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-and-cucumbers-a-sat-morning-lmao-minute/789749/6 "2017-06-24T19:02:31Z")
Check this subreddit, nothin’ but cukes & cats. > **[r/CucumbersScaringCats](https://www.reddit.com/r/CucumbersScaringCats/)** > > r/CucumbersScaringCats: Cucumbers scare cats, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-and-cucumbers-a-sat-morning-lmao-minute/789749/7 "2017-06-24T19:07:19Z")
I think a more scientific study of the phenomenon would be interesting. It’s tempting to speculate that it’s an evolved response to snakes or something, but it might just be a more generic response to strange unexpected objects of any shape.