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From the very first day a pet arrives at our house, it becomes a part of the family, one more new member that we unconditionally love. The same, of course, happened with a cat named Sparta – a 10-year-old Bengal mix who was adopted in the summer of 2007.
Sparta might seem like an unusual cat – he likes wrestling, playing fetch, stalking and being held like a baby. Since he loves cuddling so much, his owner once asked himself a question: “What would my cat do if I suddenly died?” To find this out, he decided to fake his death in front of Sparta and see how would he react. Luckily, he got all this on video, so we can witness this priceless moment too. Scroll down to see it for yourself!
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This is Sparta, a 10-year-old Bengal mix a.k.a. The Mean Kitty
Sparta loves stalking, wrestling, crunchy toys, playing fetch and being held like a baby
One day, his owner just naturally raised himself a question…
“What would my cat do if I suddenly died?”
So he decided to fake his death in front of his cat and find out
See how it went in the video below:
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I think Sparta could probably sense that you were okay and was just wondering why you were behaving that way. Cats can sense other people's heartbeats, so say you heart had actually stopped, Sparta's reaction would be very different. She can feel your heartbeat through her paws on the floor, and the rhythm your breaths make, she can smell 'life' and not 'death'. And I think a cat's hearing sense are also stronger compared to a human's so she can hear your heartbeats. She heard you make a noise before falling so she came to check it out and saw nothing was wrong, probably thought that you're sleeping on the floor for a change and was wondering why.
I wrote that comment before I finished watching the video. So since she noticed nothing was wrong, she just decided 'fuck it' and laid down with you. But the best part was in the end when she looked up at you when you asked 'really dude?'. And I love her cute little meows, reminds me of my own two cats. Just to let you know, this was the video that earned you one more subscriber on Youtube!
Dogs are like that too. I once faked my death like that to see what my last dog would and he just walked around me and sat down and waited for me to get up again. A few months later I was very ill with a really bad chest infection and had to stay in bed because it affected my asthma so much I could hardly breathe he stayed with me the whole time only leaving me when he had to go out to the toilet or eat. And even then he was reluctant to. My mother had to force him. Animals always know when something is really wrong or not.
Thanks for letting me know what happens in the video, since I can't see it. Very helpful.
@Daniel, its on youtube. Just look for, Sparta the Mean Kitty
Haha I agree, cats can sense those things, almost certainly Sparta didn't think he was dead. He came and saw he was perfectly healthy, and decided to join him for a chill nap on the floor (which I think is pretty cute)
Okay I just realized Sparta is a boy, I'm so sorry for assuming his gender.
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lol i still love that joke
Yes and that’s why she layed down on the floor. She probably thought ‘it’s naptime aye? Let me join you.’
I don't think he was wondering anything. He just went with it.
Agree. Our cats would know we were OK. I just got over a really nasty bout of bronchitis and our cats would not leave me alone for a minute. They all slept by my side for days. I still have one in my face as I type - more so than usual :)
I love your cats just from the way you speak about them! Do you have a pic you could share maybe, if its not too much?
Yes, cats have exceptional hearing compared to us. One time I was wondering what had my cat's attention. She was fixated staring at a piece of paper on the floor in front of me. Finally I had to see what it was and when I lifted the paper, a spider ran from under it. She heard the spider moving! I knew Sparta wouldn't be taken in by her owner's 'death'. I instead expected her to climb on his back and ake herself comfortable. Really charming cute kitty!
Yes, watching Sparta climb on his back would've been really funny! I think I've seen another video on youtube where the owner faked his death and that's exactly what the cat did.
Well put! Thought the same
I think he DID get worried because he even meowed , he came close to you, he snuggled... And he laid to...Wait for you.
Nah, Sparta is a savage, he was literally just doing that to mock him and his untimely demise, as someone who has followed him since mean kitty went viral, I can honestly say, this feline is a thug. 😂
Thats preety cool
Wrong comment
He actually was extremely worried for most of the video until he probably realized you were breathing and was just like, "haha very funny... Now rub ma belly!"
I agree, that was mean and obviously worried her.
Ummmm, I may be wrong here but I think animals can sense when a person is dead. Playing dead means nothing to them as long as they can still sense that you are alive. This experiment would have made more sense if somehow you made your heart stop beating for a while and stopped breathing. Then we would see how he would react. Otherwise now you just confused the poor kitty, who decided to just join you and play dead too :)
Cats are obligate carnivores. Believe me they can tell when a mammal is dead.
Your comment cracked me up. "Make your heart stop beating for awhile..." Hmmmm now THAT would have been a great trick! Maybe he should work on that one ;)
She knew he wasn't dead but you can still see that it distressed her.
If I laid still on the floor that long my cats would fight over who was going to sit on my head.
Truth!
I was half expecting the cat to make herself comfortable on top of him :D
I was thinking along those lines! I was trying to get something out from under my bed and my cat took the opportunity to run against me and try to snuggle since I was on his level. :)
This is more like: "How would Sparta react if I suddenly fell asleep in a weird place?"
That was a very foolish thing to do. Cats are very smart. What would you have done after the cat had gotten a defibrillator and put 600V in you? And wouldn't you be red in the face when an ambulance and the police show up after the he calls 911?
"When is it acceptable to start munching on his corpse? Err... I mean, mew! Mew!"
Did anyone notice the other cat on the stairs, watching this? She looked like she was saying, "You guys look like a couple of idiots."
Well, this is just how Loki is...
Okay, I did not expect to see Cory on BodredPanda :D Am I the only one who knows him and Sparta since the Mean Kitty song was released?
YES!
I do this with my dog, he just sniffs me and licks me, like "you is OTAY hooman.." And if I make wheezing noises, then he gets really worried and starts going crazy
In what alternate reality does this cat not know you're dead? You do realize the your cat sees you asleep every night when she's awake. As far as she's concerned you spend large stretches of time being boring as hell. This time you chose to be boring on the floor. She currently assumed you'd be up soon. You're warm and breathing and smell the same as always. You can add dramatic soundtracks to the video all you want, your cat wasn't fooled.
LOL, my cat would probably do the same thing. XD Plus, maybe it can smell that you're still alive. :p Or they really are just apathetic in general. XD Although, my cat meows when we leave so he cares some. :p
That's legit adorable, how he tries to help, by calling out.
Cats aren't stupid. They have a much better sense of hearing and smell than people do. She could tell you weren't dead. She could probably even tell that there wasn't anything wrong with you. To her, you're just on the floor, for some strange reason so, as long as you're down there, you can give her a belly rub. In cat logic, she makes perfect sense.
I thought he seemed genuinely concerned! Better than the cat on the stairs, anyway.
I don't really get this whole 'fake your death and see how your pet reacts' thing. I mean, I'm fairly sure that your cat would be able to sense that you were breathing, warm, and had a pulse. Besides, they'd probably think you were sleeping…Sparta seemed pretty confused the entire time, and if you were dying, he would tell. At the end, it almost looked like he was copying the owner in lying down…
Aww Sparta! At least he stayed, bruh.
Never ever show your cat or give him ideas about killing you !
i DROPPED MY GLASES ONCE.. i AM BLIND AS A BAT, SO I LITERALLY LAYED ON GROUND TO SEE IF I COULD SEE THEM. mY dOXI jOLIE RAN UP JUMPED ON MY BACK LAID DOWN AND INSTANTLY FEL ASLEEP.
That cat knows he’s not dead, sick maybe, but not dead.
the cat knows that he is just being dramatic.
This is mean the cat was clearly worried until he/she figured it out
It WAS mean to upset the cat. Would you fake your death in front of a child to see his reaction? Sparta was very concerned at first, but quickly realized you were OK. He should have gotten even by spraying on your head, or peeing in your ear. Then, if you didn't move at that point, he might get really worried.
A flatmate once passed out on the floor in the corridor because he was so drunk, our cat decided to sleep on his back 😄
When I was really sad a few weeks back (after having been very angry) I crawled on the couch and cried. For the 1st time ever my cat laid himself on my side-body and together we rested... He's done that now multiple times and made me 10 times happier having a friend like him then before.... :')
You can tell the cat knows you're alive because the cat is not eating you.
What makes Sparta The Mean Kitty? I think he's adorable!
the cat is cute and smart, he knows that his owner is a big drama queen.
dont underestimate your animals intelligence.
she did seem concerned... for most of it she was checking you out. she couldnt do much so she did what a cat does. even so, how a cat measures death is not by you collapsing on the floor, its when you dissapear that they freak out. my grandma had 2 cats, and they were with her when she died, so i know its very traumatizing when your person dissapears and doesnt come back. and not just because no one is there to feed it either. they feel! its believable!
Awww, it was clearly worried for a while but then it realized he was okay. :)
“What would my cat do if I suddenly died?” Well, let's see...first he would invite his friends and then they would start with my toes...;D
Sparta seemed to care and curled up on the floor next to his owner as if it was dead which made me think that Sparta wanted to "die" too in a way. He probably also knew he wasn't dead.
I once passed out and woke up to not my dog, who does not give a single eff, but to my boyfriend's cat who was rubbing his face on mine
Completely agree, Shruti. Cats can smell death. She knew nothing was really wrong. The guy is a superb actor. No sign of breathing at all at his "death" scene. This is extremely hard to do. As a trained actress I remember how hard this is to effect, and especially after a dramatic fall. Very impressive.
Yep. I played a corpse on a gurney once. I didn't have to memorize any lines, but it's very difficult to breathe very shallowly to make it look as if you are dead.
That's right they can smell death. You noticed she went near the anus - the tell tale sign. She didn't smell anything so she laid on the floor and did as the Roman did.
Good point. When one dies, the sphincter goes flaccid and whatever poop is in oozes out. Smart kitty.
No video?
Love that and that other cat on the stairs, giving 0 f**** but Sparta super cute ;)
Wonderful video until he gets hungry. Then it turns ugly.
I just love the name. I think he did it just to present it to other people like : "this is ...spartaaaa! " Also he seemed sort of worried for a couple seconds. Unlike the black and white cat on the stairs who did not even came to check him out. Cat attitude or was the accomplice?
No matter how I try and which browser with, the video doesn't load for me ;(
you can watch it here on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-F7tpdPZ-E
I think it's really funny how the other cat (black and white, on the stairs) clearly gives zero fucks. At least Sparta came over to check on him.
It looks like she was worried for about the first half of the video because she was confused. She walked around you and examined you quite a bit before laying down, so I would guess that she was checking to see if you were okay, examined you, noticed your heart beating, diaphragm expanding, or something of that nature, and assumed you must be sleeping. She decided to take a nap next to you.
Fun & cute, thanks for the lol 😁 I also knew she don‘t gonna be fooled, but not that he‘s gonna be the fooled one 😄
Every time I see the thumbnal on this all I can think is "wow, that cat is bigger than he is."
Didn't expect this reaction? Him not caring? Is this the first cat you have ever met?
You cant fool kitty you silly human.
Though my cat gets upset if i yell or cry but thats genuine.
You cannot fool kitty silly hooman.
The video doesn't appear when I view this page. Does any one know if it can be found elsewhere?
Looks to me like Sparta failed that test!!!!
Where's the video gone?
cat knows you are not dead, they are too wise, you can not fool them :)
Sparta assumed that the chance to rub his belly would be sufficient to resurrect you. It would appear he was correct.
The cat surely knew he wasn't dead. They know when something is really off. My cat was never stress about anything we could do, but one day I really though I was going to die cause something was stuck in my throat and my cat meow like crazy the entire time, I never saw her that frantic. In the end I manage to start breathing again and my cat didn't leave me for the rest of the day. She was also really sensitive when I was feeling down and would always try to cuddle the pain aways.
I almost forgot about mean kitty. Was my first real cat that I follow in youtube. I cant elieve he still on internet.
Sparta will be like hey human you should try hard...
So where's the video? -also noticed that the cat on the stair is not the same one.
awww, you dont realize how much sparta loves you that he would feign sympathy death for you!!!
I hear ads playing and I can't find them to shut them so I can't watch the video. This page sucks ass!
Cats are predators. Do you really think they cannot perceive the difference between a dead mammal and a live mammal doing bad theatre? I guess cats are smarter than human beings.
That's the cutest thing ever. I love how he lay down and pretended he was dead at the end like if you are happy then I want to try as well.
I would agree with Shruti Nalk. Animals can smell the difference between healthy and sick, and life and death, and to him you probably didn't even smell sick let alone dead.
"Okay even if you are dying and all PET MY BELLY."
Video dont work form e :(((
opossums play dead when threatened, but unlike humans opossums can actually slow their heartbeat enough that they seem to play dead.. in fact their entire body goes into a petrified state and for all tends and purposes they look dead to predators. Humans cant do this naturally, and MOST animals have better senses than we do and can hear breathing, heart beats, and micro movements. These senses are what give cats their great hunting abilities.
eventually, cats would eat the soft tissue of your body to survive, lips, cheeks, etc.
a cat will eat your soft tissue in order to survive so if you have cats make sure you install a cat door in case you die or not have an open casket funeral...if you have cats.
Sparta also knew someone was watching behind the camera.
Pity the video is missing....
Is this Sparta and Loki.. from the Mean Kitty you tube channel?? I thought he passed away..... Great... Now I've got to Google that shit.
Pretty sure that if Sparta thought you'd died he'd start eating you. Remember: to a cat, dead = food.
For some reason I am not allowed to see the video. Guess I can surmise what happened from other's descriptions.
Yeah, I’ve done the same thing with various generations of cats. Overall, the reaction was about like this - in some cases, they didn’t even come look at me. They just kept sleeping.
Really? no one wants to admit that cats just don't give a fuck. I've had many cats they do love you as long as you're there and if you're not, they don't give a fuck about it either. They're easy going creatures. I'm easy going too that's why i love them. Some cat lovers really try to persuade themselves that their cats will grieve over them. Come on..it doesn't work that way.
Did you actually think your cat would care? It's a cat. Get a dog if you want an animal that gets upset if you die.
Even though I like dogs more than cats and I somewhat agree with you (dogs may care more if you die than some cats) I'm just gonna let you know that the cat probably would have reacted differently if it sensed the owner was ACTUALLY dead, the animal was clearly worried until it figured out that it's owner was still alive and breathing. If the owner hadn't been alive or breathing then the cat probably would have been way more worried and probably wouldn't have been so quick to just lay down and ignore the owner
Sparta knew you were not dead after he checked you out !!!
Sparta be like "why you sleepin on the floor, hoomy? you gone strange. well, i still loves you, let's chill here a while then."
Couldn't view the video at the end.
I think that the cat could feel that you were not really dead. I think that if you would be really dead, the cat would feel it, and he would respond differently.
I can't see the video on my laptop, there's just a blank space where it is supposed to be! Is there anywhere else I can watch it?
I saw and thought, hmmm, okay at least Sparta checked to see if you were still breathing, then realized you were probably tired and finally decided to sleep on the nice hard floor for once.
Sparta is NOT an idiot LOL
Of course Sparta knew you were still alive. They're senses are SO much stronger than hours. You would have to be really dead for the experiment to work, in which case, for you it would still be a mystery. Kitty is certainly a good sport living with a goofball like you :-)
The other cat on the stairs is a bigger asshole, it didn't even go and check you out.
You should be ashamed you are making your cat think you dead really you are messed up in the head no wonder it doesn't like you treble decease of a man
Cats and other animals are completely aware if you are OK or faking it. I felt he said, Oh, OK we're playing dead now, hence the rolling over with legs up. GREAT cat!
"Oh, we are playing dead? Okay then."
The cat said, "I'm going tho play dead too."
The black and white cat on the stairs simply said to Sparta, "Hey your pet monkey is screwing around again. Make sure he's ready to serve us when dinner time rolls around."
He said, "Two can play this game".
Very interesting. The cat was looking around for help, as if there were somebody else in the room.
Sweet kitty!! I had two very similar, though everyone told me there was no way they had any Savannah or Bengal in them, even though one had the tell-tale rosettes. They other had more Maine Coon than nothing so obviously he didn’t have any other wild cat in him!!
Cats have a "sixth sense" which detects death so this cat wasn't fooled. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cats-sixth-sense-predicting-death/
Video kept disappearing when I hit play!
No video.
THIS IS SPARTA!!! ... (sorry, couldn't help it)
Cats smart. Knew you were faking it lol
This just broke my heart. I adopted a 15 year old kitty who spent 3 days alone with his owner who died suddenly-- she had had him from a kitten. He was traumatized. The family wanted to euthanize him, but left him alive and alone in the house for 2 weeks (with dry food and water) while they sorted it out. He is still a nervous boy, but we love him to the moon. I know you meant well, but no laughing matter for me. :-(
Sparta felt that his owner´s been faking, cats feel it when their owner died for real, as well as they can feel the breathing of the owner, the heartbeat, the blood circulating and the hormonesin the body of (any) live persons, this is why he didn´t seem to care, his little meows were like: "C´m on daddy, get up again now, feed me", but I´ve heard stories about cats who´ve been sitting by their really deceased owners (heart attack, stroke or whatever) for days and grieving, our cats ain´t dumb, no faking allowed!!!
My cat would just push a pillow down harder over my face
We have two centres of EM energy - the head and much stronger from the heart. Animals can sense this EM energy - so Sparta knew full well you weren't dead. I just have to call out "meditation time" to my cat and she comes running to curl up between my knees [Lotus position] where she purrs and then falls asleep. She loves it, because the EM I put out then is very relaxed. Animals see the world in ways we can't. Sparta is smarter than Master !! :-)
I had a Bengal mix and she could sense when I was going to have a seizure. She would constantly walk round my legs tripping me up until I sat down then she would would sit on my lap. When I came round she would still be there. Sometimes I would have scratches on my arms or neck. I think that was when I was just before my seizure and had tried to stand. She was an amazing cat. I quickly got used to what she was trying to tell me and would lie on the floor until it was over. No more scratches. 😻😻
I had a Bengal mix and she would sense when I was due for a seizure. She would walk round my legs until I sat down then sit on my lap. She would still be there when I came round. Sometimes I would have scratches on my arms or neck because I think I had tried to get up. I became used to what she was tying to tell me and would lye on the floor and find Molly on me when I came round. No more scratches either which was a bonus. Amazing cat loved her so much 😻😻
video is gone lol
booooring...
Haha that was cute poor car didn’t know what to do lol
Sparta did every caring thing! She touched his hand like what's the matter with you. 2. she looked at the living person filming and twice like should I be alarmed? 3. Then the TELL TALE SIGN, she went near his anus to see if he were dead. 4. Not smelling anything , she did as the Roman did and laid down, playing HIS game.
Nonsense. A cat will know if you are dead by your body warmth . Rest assured as a last resort if you did die, and kitty couldn't get food they would eat you - starting with the eyes!
Animals are not stupid. You can't fool cats and dogs that way.
I think she knows he's faking his death. At the beginnig of the video she was worried and later she checked and found out he's fine. She' smart.
Cats can hear your heartbeat; trying to "fake your death" was meaningless, sorry you didn't know that fact.
Any cat worth their salt would have straddled your neck & wriggled if that don't get you laughing theres really something wrong
I thought for a second there that Sparta is going to call an ambulance, but meh... should've guess it, cats are asshole
ok.. let's play death
Sparta is cool. And a perfect, sensible kitty pooh.
AHAHAHAHA! I love his face when he looks up. Like really cat?!?!
Cats will start eating a dead person right away. Dogs will wait a couple days.
Sparta says "I do better death scene"
The cat knows you're not dead. He can hear your heartbeat and see your breathing. To him, you're just his nutjob owner lying on the floor. He's just going with 'if you can't beat them, join them'.
Animals can smell when you're breathing. And laying on the floor pretending to be dead isn't much different than laying in bed sleeping. So the cat knows he isn't dead for sure. But yeah, it's a funny video.
I can't see the video, like always on BP 😭
the video disappears on me,so I can't watch it.
My cat wouldn’t care until around dinner time. Then corpse or not, she’d meow for food.
As long as someone is there to open the cat food he won't give a fuck lol Cats do know.
Sparta probably sensed that he was alive lol
Maybe she was a little worried at first, but then she realised that you were faking it right away and was just confused... I'm not an expert so I'm not saying I'm right.
That is the CUTEST CAT EVER!!!!!
Sparta's face at the end XD
After checking you out, the cat was on to your trick with its' sense.and wasn't fooled ;)
What a realistic death 😂😂😂
in all retospect, this was a very poorly thought out expierement, and you should do more reasearch before attempting a study, especially one that involves any kind of living thing. I can see clearly that sparta loves you very much, and would be devastated if something actually happened to you. good luck!
I'm thinking it's too late to teach him C.P.R. That darn cat!!😄😄
Where is the video?
Under the last picture
if that cat knew you were dead it woulda started eating you
that music though! hahahahahah
Lol, I love the cat copied him. :D XD
cant fool me but two can play this game , so i will join you
Google the Mean Kitty Song. I remember this guy's videos and he was pretty funny.
Smart Sparta!
Cats pick up vibes. My guess is that Sparta didn't get the "Daddy's in trouble" vibe, hence the "rub my belly" roll at the end :) My cat snuggles up to me whenever I'm upset or feeling down. Every single time. He went nuts when I was doing yoga one time because I was in "downward dog" and not paying attention to his scenting.
OMG Sparta, you're too cute! Love this!
I don't why but I feel Sparta would sound like Kat Willams. MMm this mofu is punking me, where the damn camera at? This mofu is really dead, damn I'm just lie right here til some brings me some food.
I'm surprised Sparta didn't call the witch doctor! (Revenge of the Mean Kitty?)
Aww that was cute!
Can't see the video. Apparently, some could. Oh well.
What could he do. He can’t pick up a phone. He looked sad. He seemed to play dead too because he loves you. It’s a bit of a cruel prank to play on a cat tbh.
The cat uses his senses and does practically nothing unusual. #StopClickBait
#DestroyTheHashtag
OMG zip it up. It was a cute, little experiment.
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Let's face it ladies and gentlemen, cat owners aren't the sharpest tools in the shed! Anyone can see that the cat was mocking his dumbarse owner while mumbling under that fishie breath .... something along the lines of "do it again pencil dick and you'll be the next fresh batch of kitty litter"
um as a cat owner i have to disagree, that has nothing to do with intelligence
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What did you expect? Mouth to mouth? Chest compressions?
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Stupid prank anyhow
I think Sparta could probably sense that you were okay and was just wondering why you were behaving that way. Cats can sense other people's heartbeats, so say you heart had actually stopped, Sparta's reaction would be very different. She can feel your heartbeat through her paws on the floor, and the rhythm your breaths make, she can smell 'life' and not 'death'. And I think a cat's hearing sense are also stronger compared to a human's so she can hear your heartbeats. She heard you make a noise before falling so she came to check it out and saw nothing was wrong, probably thought that you're sleeping on the floor for a change and was wondering why.
I wrote that comment before I finished watching the video. So since she noticed nothing was wrong, she just decided 'fuck it' and laid down with you. But the best part was in the end when she looked up at you when you asked 'really dude?'. And I love her cute little meows, reminds me of my own two cats. Just to let you know, this was the video that earned you one more subscriber on Youtube!
Dogs are like that too. I once faked my death like that to see what my last dog would and he just walked around me and sat down and waited for me to get up again. A few months later I was very ill with a really bad chest infection and had to stay in bed because it affected my asthma so much I could hardly breathe he stayed with me the whole time only leaving me when he had to go out to the toilet or eat. And even then he was reluctant to. My mother had to force him. Animals always know when something is really wrong or not.
Thanks for letting me know what happens in the video, since I can't see it. Very helpful.
@Daniel, its on youtube. Just look for, Sparta the Mean Kitty
Haha I agree, cats can sense those things, almost certainly Sparta didn't think he was dead. He came and saw he was perfectly healthy, and decided to join him for a chill nap on the floor (which I think is pretty cute)
Okay I just realized Sparta is a boy, I'm so sorry for assuming his gender.
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lol i still love that joke
Yes and that’s why she layed down on the floor. She probably thought ‘it’s naptime aye? Let me join you.’
I don't think he was wondering anything. He just went with it.
Agree. Our cats would know we were OK. I just got over a really nasty bout of bronchitis and our cats would not leave me alone for a minute. They all slept by my side for days. I still have one in my face as I type - more so than usual :)
I love your cats just from the way you speak about them! Do you have a pic you could share maybe, if its not too much?
Yes, cats have exceptional hearing compared to us. One time I was wondering what had my cat's attention. She was fixated staring at a piece of paper on the floor in front of me. Finally I had to see what it was and when I lifted the paper, a spider ran from under it. She heard the spider moving! I knew Sparta wouldn't be taken in by her owner's 'death'. I instead expected her to climb on his back and ake herself comfortable. Really charming cute kitty!
Yes, watching Sparta climb on his back would've been really funny! I think I've seen another video on youtube where the owner faked his death and that's exactly what the cat did.
Well put! Thought the same
I think he DID get worried because he even meowed , he came close to you, he snuggled... And he laid to...Wait for you.
Nah, Sparta is a savage, he was literally just doing that to mock him and his untimely demise, as someone who has followed him since mean kitty went viral, I can honestly say, this feline is a thug. 😂
Thats preety cool
Wrong comment
He actually was extremely worried for most of the video until he probably realized you were breathing and was just like, "haha very funny... Now rub ma belly!"
I agree, that was mean and obviously worried her.
Ummmm, I may be wrong here but I think animals can sense when a person is dead. Playing dead means nothing to them as long as they can still sense that you are alive. This experiment would have made more sense if somehow you made your heart stop beating for a while and stopped breathing. Then we would see how he would react. Otherwise now you just confused the poor kitty, who decided to just join you and play dead too :)
Cats are obligate carnivores. Believe me they can tell when a mammal is dead.
Your comment cracked me up. "Make your heart stop beating for awhile..." Hmmmm now THAT would have been a great trick! Maybe he should work on that one ;)
She knew he wasn't dead but you can still see that it distressed her.
If I laid still on the floor that long my cats would fight over who was going to sit on my head.
Truth!
I was half expecting the cat to make herself comfortable on top of him :D
I was thinking along those lines! I was trying to get something out from under my bed and my cat took the opportunity to run against me and try to snuggle since I was on his level. :)
This is more like: "How would Sparta react if I suddenly fell asleep in a weird place?"
That was a very foolish thing to do. Cats are very smart. What would you have done after the cat had gotten a defibrillator and put 600V in you? And wouldn't you be red in the face when an ambulance and the police show up after the he calls 911?
"When is it acceptable to start munching on his corpse? Err... I mean, mew! Mew!"
Did anyone notice the other cat on the stairs, watching this? She looked like she was saying, "You guys look like a couple of idiots."
Well, this is just how Loki is...
Okay, I did not expect to see Cory on BodredPanda :D Am I the only one who knows him and Sparta since the Mean Kitty song was released?
YES!
I do this with my dog, he just sniffs me and licks me, like "you is OTAY hooman.." And if I make wheezing noises, then he gets really worried and starts going crazy
In what alternate reality does this cat not know you're dead? You do realize the your cat sees you asleep every night when she's awake. As far as she's concerned you spend large stretches of time being boring as hell. This time you chose to be boring on the floor. She currently assumed you'd be up soon. You're warm and breathing and smell the same as always. You can add dramatic soundtracks to the video all you want, your cat wasn't fooled.
LOL, my cat would probably do the same thing. XD Plus, maybe it can smell that you're still alive. :p Or they really are just apathetic in general. XD Although, my cat meows when we leave so he cares some. :p
That's legit adorable, how he tries to help, by calling out.
Cats aren't stupid. They have a much better sense of hearing and smell than people do. She could tell you weren't dead. She could probably even tell that there wasn't anything wrong with you. To her, you're just on the floor, for some strange reason so, as long as you're down there, you can give her a belly rub. In cat logic, she makes perfect sense.
I thought he seemed genuinely concerned! Better than the cat on the stairs, anyway.
I don't really get this whole 'fake your death and see how your pet reacts' thing. I mean, I'm fairly sure that your cat would be able to sense that you were breathing, warm, and had a pulse. Besides, they'd probably think you were sleeping…Sparta seemed pretty confused the entire time, and if you were dying, he would tell. At the end, it almost looked like he was copying the owner in lying down…
Aww Sparta! At least he stayed, bruh.
Never ever show your cat or give him ideas about killing you !
i DROPPED MY GLASES ONCE.. i AM BLIND AS A BAT, SO I LITERALLY LAYED ON GROUND TO SEE IF I COULD SEE THEM. mY dOXI jOLIE RAN UP JUMPED ON MY BACK LAID DOWN AND INSTANTLY FEL ASLEEP.
That cat knows he’s not dead, sick maybe, but not dead.
the cat knows that he is just being dramatic.
This is mean the cat was clearly worried until he/she figured it out
It WAS mean to upset the cat. Would you fake your death in front of a child to see his reaction? Sparta was very concerned at first, but quickly realized you were OK. He should have gotten even by spraying on your head, or peeing in your ear. Then, if you didn't move at that point, he might get really worried.
A flatmate once passed out on the floor in the corridor because he was so drunk, our cat decided to sleep on his back 😄
When I was really sad a few weeks back (after having been very angry) I crawled on the couch and cried. For the 1st time ever my cat laid himself on my side-body and together we rested... He's done that now multiple times and made me 10 times happier having a friend like him then before.... :')
You can tell the cat knows you're alive because the cat is not eating you.
What makes Sparta The Mean Kitty? I think he's adorable!
the cat is cute and smart, he knows that his owner is a big drama queen.
dont underestimate your animals intelligence.
she did seem concerned... for most of it she was checking you out. she couldnt do much so she did what a cat does. even so, how a cat measures death is not by you collapsing on the floor, its when you dissapear that they freak out. my grandma had 2 cats, and they were with her when she died, so i know its very traumatizing when your person dissapears and doesnt come back. and not just because no one is there to feed it either. they feel! its believable!
Awww, it was clearly worried for a while but then it realized he was okay. :)
“What would my cat do if I suddenly died?” Well, let's see...first he would invite his friends and then they would start with my toes...;D
Sparta seemed to care and curled up on the floor next to his owner as if it was dead which made me think that Sparta wanted to "die" too in a way. He probably also knew he wasn't dead.
I once passed out and woke up to not my dog, who does not give a single eff, but to my boyfriend's cat who was rubbing his face on mine
Completely agree, Shruti. Cats can smell death. She knew nothing was really wrong. The guy is a superb actor. No sign of breathing at all at his "death" scene. This is extremely hard to do. As a trained actress I remember how hard this is to effect, and especially after a dramatic fall. Very impressive.
Yep. I played a corpse on a gurney once. I didn't have to memorize any lines, but it's very difficult to breathe very shallowly to make it look as if you are dead.
That's right they can smell death. You noticed she went near the anus - the tell tale sign. She didn't smell anything so she laid on the floor and did as the Roman did.
Good point. When one dies, the sphincter goes flaccid and whatever poop is in oozes out. Smart kitty.
No video?
Love that and that other cat on the stairs, giving 0 f**** but Sparta super cute ;)
Wonderful video until he gets hungry. Then it turns ugly.
I just love the name. I think he did it just to present it to other people like : "this is ...spartaaaa! " Also he seemed sort of worried for a couple seconds. Unlike the black and white cat on the stairs who did not even came to check him out. Cat attitude or was the accomplice?
No matter how I try and which browser with, the video doesn't load for me ;(
you can watch it here on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-F7tpdPZ-E
I think it's really funny how the other cat (black and white, on the stairs) clearly gives zero fucks. At least Sparta came over to check on him.
It looks like she was worried for about the first half of the video because she was confused. She walked around you and examined you quite a bit before laying down, so I would guess that she was checking to see if you were okay, examined you, noticed your heart beating, diaphragm expanding, or something of that nature, and assumed you must be sleeping. She decided to take a nap next to you.
Fun & cute, thanks for the lol 😁 I also knew she don‘t gonna be fooled, but not that he‘s gonna be the fooled one 😄
Every time I see the thumbnal on this all I can think is "wow, that cat is bigger than he is."
Didn't expect this reaction? Him not caring? Is this the first cat you have ever met?
You cant fool kitty you silly human.
Though my cat gets upset if i yell or cry but thats genuine.
You cannot fool kitty silly hooman.
The video doesn't appear when I view this page. Does any one know if it can be found elsewhere?
Looks to me like Sparta failed that test!!!!
Where's the video gone?
cat knows you are not dead, they are too wise, you can not fool them :)
Sparta assumed that the chance to rub his belly would be sufficient to resurrect you. It would appear he was correct.
The cat surely knew he wasn't dead. They know when something is really off. My cat was never stress about anything we could do, but one day I really though I was going to die cause something was stuck in my throat and my cat meow like crazy the entire time, I never saw her that frantic. In the end I manage to start breathing again and my cat didn't leave me for the rest of the day. She was also really sensitive when I was feeling down and would always try to cuddle the pain aways.
I almost forgot about mean kitty. Was my first real cat that I follow in youtube. I cant elieve he still on internet.
Sparta will be like hey human you should try hard...
So where's the video? -also noticed that the cat on the stair is not the same one.
awww, you dont realize how much sparta loves you that he would feign sympathy death for you!!!
I hear ads playing and I can't find them to shut them so I can't watch the video. This page sucks ass!
Cats are predators. Do you really think they cannot perceive the difference between a dead mammal and a live mammal doing bad theatre? I guess cats are smarter than human beings.
That's the cutest thing ever. I love how he lay down and pretended he was dead at the end like if you are happy then I want to try as well.
I would agree with Shruti Nalk. Animals can smell the difference between healthy and sick, and life and death, and to him you probably didn't even smell sick let alone dead.
"Okay even if you are dying and all PET MY BELLY."
Video dont work form e :(((
opossums play dead when threatened, but unlike humans opossums can actually slow their heartbeat enough that they seem to play dead.. in fact their entire body goes into a petrified state and for all tends and purposes they look dead to predators. Humans cant do this naturally, and MOST animals have better senses than we do and can hear breathing, heart beats, and micro movements. These senses are what give cats their great hunting abilities.
eventually, cats would eat the soft tissue of your body to survive, lips, cheeks, etc.
a cat will eat your soft tissue in order to survive so if you have cats make sure you install a cat door in case you die or not have an open casket funeral...if you have cats.
Sparta also knew someone was watching behind the camera.
Pity the video is missing....
Is this Sparta and Loki.. from the Mean Kitty you tube channel?? I thought he passed away..... Great... Now I've got to Google that shit.
Pretty sure that if Sparta thought you'd died he'd start eating you. Remember: to a cat, dead = food.
For some reason I am not allowed to see the video. Guess I can surmise what happened from other's descriptions.
Yeah, I’ve done the same thing with various generations of cats. Overall, the reaction was about like this - in some cases, they didn’t even come look at me. They just kept sleeping.
Really? no one wants to admit that cats just don't give a fuck. I've had many cats they do love you as long as you're there and if you're not, they don't give a fuck about it either. They're easy going creatures. I'm easy going too that's why i love them. Some cat lovers really try to persuade themselves that their cats will grieve over them. Come on..it doesn't work that way.
Did you actually think your cat would care? It's a cat. Get a dog if you want an animal that gets upset if you die.
Even though I like dogs more than cats and I somewhat agree with you (dogs may care more if you die than some cats) I'm just gonna let you know that the cat probably would have reacted differently if it sensed the owner was ACTUALLY dead, the animal was clearly worried until it figured out that it's owner was still alive and breathing. If the owner hadn't been alive or breathing then the cat probably would have been way more worried and probably wouldn't have been so quick to just lay down and ignore the owner
Sparta knew you were not dead after he checked you out !!!
Sparta be like "why you sleepin on the floor, hoomy? you gone strange. well, i still loves you, let's chill here a while then."
Couldn't view the video at the end.
I think that the cat could feel that you were not really dead. I think that if you would be really dead, the cat would feel it, and he would respond differently.
I can't see the video on my laptop, there's just a blank space where it is supposed to be! Is there anywhere else I can watch it?
I saw and thought, hmmm, okay at least Sparta checked to see if you were still breathing, then realized you were probably tired and finally decided to sleep on the nice hard floor for once.
Sparta is NOT an idiot LOL
Of course Sparta knew you were still alive. They're senses are SO much stronger than hours. You would have to be really dead for the experiment to work, in which case, for you it would still be a mystery. Kitty is certainly a good sport living with a goofball like you :-)
The other cat on the stairs is a bigger asshole, it didn't even go and check you out.
You should be ashamed you are making your cat think you dead really you are messed up in the head no wonder it doesn't like you treble decease of a man
Cats and other animals are completely aware if you are OK or faking it. I felt he said, Oh, OK we're playing dead now, hence the rolling over with legs up. GREAT cat!
"Oh, we are playing dead? Okay then."
The cat said, "I'm going tho play dead too."
The black and white cat on the stairs simply said to Sparta, "Hey your pet monkey is screwing around again. Make sure he's ready to serve us when dinner time rolls around."
He said, "Two can play this game".
Very interesting. The cat was looking around for help, as if there were somebody else in the room.
Sweet kitty!! I had two very similar, though everyone told me there was no way they had any Savannah or Bengal in them, even though one had the tell-tale rosettes. They other had more Maine Coon than nothing so obviously he didn’t have any other wild cat in him!!
Cats have a "sixth sense" which detects death so this cat wasn't fooled. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cats-sixth-sense-predicting-death/
Video kept disappearing when I hit play!