For security reasons, we must remain circumspect about exactly how this video got to Neatorama headquarters from outer-space. It's footage of an act almost as heinous and terrifying as cat juggling. This time, it's a cat in zero gravity.
Note that the audio has been removed to protect the innocent.
Courage.
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I know, shoulda , woulda, coulda
just didnt
dont'love it
dont want it
please dont stick me with it
...LOL
Cruelty is a continuum. So is stupidity. People are capable of great cruelty, or the lesser kind - mean, spiteful little things that don't take into acount the comfort of any living being but themselves.
To place an animal in a situation it can't possibly comprehend will certainly cause it unnecessary distress. To do so from a general attitude of "What if we tried this?" is cruel - and stupid.
"Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to." --Mark Twain
"I have to admit the first toss looked a little to hard. But chances are the guy doing it wasn’t all that experienced with zero G either the second one was much softer."
that makes perfect sense. especially since he does do the second toss much more softly. i seriously doubt that this was all a set up to torment the cat. i think one of my dogs would really enjoy it. i would let her give it a try because she loves new adventures. who knows, maybe they thought the cat might enjoy it.
as many others have said - this is not true abuse. look up 'animal abuse' and this will look like a day in the park. fight real fights - there are plenty out there without building one out of a mildly annoyed cat.
As for those of you who claim they will not return to Neatorama after seeing this post-- Neatorama features articles which are hard to look at sometimes, not because it promotes things like cats in zero gravity, but because it is a great site with an eclectic range of really really damn interesting pieces of information. It's not called "daisies, kittens, and smilinglaughter-orama," it's called NEATorama, and it exposes you to neat things you would never normally see.
It's probably good you're leaving if you're not going to understand this website.