# The gap between herbivores and carnivores has been bridged. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 25, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-between-herbivores-and-carnivores-has-been-bridged/401607 "2007-04-25T16:24:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-between-herbivores-and-carnivores-has-been-bridged/401607/1 "2007-04-25T16:24:12Z")
This could lead to world peace. Here’s the evidence, a YouTube [video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3GeHeVsif0) of my cat Mo – sealing the deal with a kiss. (Feel free to add your comments and/or bump up the rating!) 😉 If cats and deer can come together in the name of peace, what’s next? Cobras and mongooses? [sup]Mongooseses? Mongeese? 😕 [/sup] . ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-between-herbivores-and-carnivores-has-been-bridged/401607/2 "2007-04-25T16:29:21Z")
_Once on the lips, forever on the clips_ **meek** , that was pretty cool. The deer looked startled. Did your cat try to slip it some tongue? ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-between-herbivores-and-carnivores-has-been-bridged/401607/3 "2007-04-25T16:34:23Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] _Once on the lips, forever on the clips_ **meek** , that was pretty cool. The deer looked startled. Did your cat try to slip it some tongue? [/QUOTE] Well. He _was_ [drinking…](http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/nbokenfohr/detail?.dir=c20cscd&.dnm=b2f0scd.jpg&.src=ph) so probably. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-between-herbivores-and-carnivores-has-been-bridged/401607/4 "2007-04-25T22:31:29Z")
I don’t know about peace: the deer looks pretty alarmed. 😃 Very cute. How amusing that the cat wasn’t going to care too much about TWO animals bigger than itself. Very cool cat. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-between-herbivores-and-carnivores-has-been-bridged/401607/5 "2007-04-25T23:35:11Z")
You know what this leads to, right? Stay-Puft Marshmellow Man rampage through NYC. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-between-herbivores-and-carnivores-has-been-bridged/401607/6 "2007-04-26T00:45:07Z")
Congratulations on your cat reaching first base with the local Cervidae. However, I urge you to consider carefully before encouraging your cat in this area of exploration, especially by filming it in the act like that, which can be a turn-on. Trans-species foreplay is worrisome on a purely ecological level. This sort of thing could potentially cause the the entire global web of life to unravel itself like a broken 8-track. Or, possibly your cat could just be queer for deer. More data is required before panic ensues. I particularly enjoy the video narration: “10-pound cat… 100 pound deer… kitty’s gonna get in trou-ble…” - Yes, there is every likelihood that our cat is mere seconds away from being summarily obliterated by stampeding ungulates. I wonder if I should attempt to intervene, perhaps rescue the cat from imminent dismemberment? Naaah, I’ll just keep on a-filming… Could be worth money on one of those “Funniest Home Video” shows… \* ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-between-herbivores-and-carnivores-has-been-bridged/401607/7 "2007-04-26T12:18:13Z")
That wasn’t a kiss- Kitty was tasting the deer. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/edb3f5/32.png) [@Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Push_Up_Bra)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-between-herbivores-and-carnivores-has-been-bridged/401607/8 "2007-04-26T12:40:06Z")
Ahahahaha, my first thought when you said “it’s two on one” was “That’s the way Mo likes it!” and then I laughed at ‘queer for deer’. ---
**Author:** ![Gulo\_gulo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Gulo\_gulo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gulo_gulo)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-between-herbivores-and-carnivores-has-been-bridged/401607/9 "2007-04-26T20:47:25Z")
Another vote for tasting, not kissing. Within a week you’ll see that cat wrapped around that buck’s neck, teeth sunk into the jugular. If you need any venison recipes, let me know! [sub] Very cute video. I have a photo of a cat ‘kissing’ a moose on my screensaver. [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-between-herbivores-and-carnivores-has-been-bridged/401607/10 "2007-04-26T21:00:27Z")
Obviously a feline anomaly. Check out [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyF1YP-gdto&NR=1) or [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOeILcrIUdg) or [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F0ck_jiLOU&mode=related&search=). ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-between-herbivores-and-carnivores-has-been-bridged/401607/11 "2007-04-27T03:32:59Z")
Any reports of lambs lying down with lions? ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-between-herbivores-and-carnivores-has-been-bridged/401607/12 "2007-04-27T16:30:08Z")
**betenoir** , I dunno if there are any reports of lambs lying down with lions but there’s another thread here with a bunny kickin’ a snakes’ ass. :eek: [QUOTE=Terrifel] … Or, possibly your cat could just be queer for deer… [/QUOTE] You know what they say… once you go buck, you never go back! [sub] Oh I’m so sorry.[/sub] Mo just wanted a buddy. They all had been hanging out near that tree for about an hour before I finally grabbed the camera. Species doesn’t seem to matter to him. He’d probably try smooching (or tasting) a coyote or a speeding truck if given the chance. Mo ain’t so bright. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-between-herbivores-and-carnivores-has-been-bridged/401607/13 "2007-04-27T17:02:29Z")
[QUOTE=meek] **betenoir** , I dunno if there are any reports of lambs lying down with lions but there’s another thread here with a bunny kickin’ a snakes’ ass. :eek: [/QUOTE] Meh. You just want to believe that so you can inheirit the earth. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-between-herbivores-and-carnivores-has-been-bridged/401607/14 "2007-04-27T17:55:18Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] Meh. You just want to believe that so you can inheirit the earth. [/QUOTE] OK, now that got a laugh. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-between-herbivores-and-carnivores-has-been-bridged/401607/15 "2007-04-27T18:40:34Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] Any reports of lambs lying down with lions? [/QUOTE] No, but I’m trying very hard not to share this rumor I once heard about sheep.