<![CDATA[#Picathecat on her back, her head hanging over the edge of the couch... and then a strange meow.]]> on her back, her head hanging over the edge of the couch... and then a strange meow.

Writhes and dangles over the edge more. Suddenly, from that angle she sees *birds* horrible birds! (At the bird feeder in the window.)

Whiskers twitch.

In defiance of all logic and laws of physics she launches herself in a backwards arc landing next to the couch on her four little soft paws now facing the "horrible birds" (during this her head was stationary like a door hinge) she's remarkable.

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sandwich.net/users/Sharksonaplane/statuses/116301815769437290https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sandwich.net/users/Sharksonaplane/statuses/116301815769437290Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:21:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Picathecat on her back, her head hanging over the edge of the couch... and then a strange meow. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:16:26 GMT]]>@futurebird
Oy got himself dangling from the crosspiece in my office window so he could hunt a fly in the top half.

Once again I am happy to be too big to usefully hunt. Cats are a bit scary, ya know?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/silvermoon82/statuses/116301796924949372https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/silvermoon82/statuses/116301796924949372Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:16:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Picathecat on her back, her head hanging over the edge of the couch... and then a strange meow. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:13:33 GMT]]>@rlstone4dems

She's 17 years old. Which is supposed to mean these are her calm elderly years. She did not get that memo.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116301785572770793https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116301785572770793Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:13:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Picathecat on her back, her head hanging over the edge of the couch... and then a strange meow. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:12:34 GMT]]>@futurebird as Tom said: little Pica is truly a master at work...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rlstone4dems/statuses/116301781697813840https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rlstone4dems/statuses/116301781697813840Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:12:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Picathecat on her back, her head hanging over the edge of the couch... and then a strange meow. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:10:49 GMT]]>@futurebird

"Thousands of years ago the Egyptians worshipped cats as gods. Cats have never forgotten this."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/EthicalProfessor/statuses/116301774815167103https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/EthicalProfessor/statuses/116301774815167103Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:10:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Picathecat on her back, her head hanging over the edge of the couch... and then a strange meow. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:05:56 GMT]]>@aadeacon

You are absolutely correct. There is NOTHING funny about this. It was a precious moment of predatory athleticism and it was very rude of the birds to be on the other side of the glass.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116301755610490030https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116301755610490030Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:05:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Picathecat on her back, her head hanging over the edge of the couch... and then a strange meow. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:02:49 GMT]]>@futurebird a master at work

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://goblin.camp/users/funkula/statuses/116301743366258266https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://goblin.camp/users/funkula/statuses/116301743366258266Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:02:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Picathecat on her back, her head hanging over the edge of the couch... and then a strange meow. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:02:31 GMT]]>@futurebird I hope you kept a straight face and due gravitas during this episode, Pica will have noted your reaction. If it is not suitably grave there will be serious repercussions.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/aadeacon/statuses/116301742209367208https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/aadeacon/statuses/116301742209367208Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:02:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Picathecat on her back, her head hanging over the edge of the couch... and then a strange meow. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:01:53 GMT]]>I'm really struggling to describe what I just witnessed.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116301739675700410https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116301739675700410Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:01:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Picathecat on her back, her head hanging over the edge of the couch... and then a strange meow. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:01:22 GMT]]>@futurebird cats are the best, what a performance

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/vapaad/statuses/116301737632597606https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/vapaad/statuses/116301737632597606Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:01:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Picathecat on her back, her head hanging over the edge of the couch... and then a strange meow. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:59:11 GMT]]>Then, as if the field of the plausible were catching up to her, she just ... capsized ... for no reason from a standing position. Like a boat struck by a rouge gravity wave. Paws splayed.

She bounces under the table, crawling upside-down: gravity reversed, face a rictus of fascinated greed.

She then jumps at the birds twisting 180 in the air, like an athlete or a very fancy fishing lure, like a male ballet dancer ... only to have her face smack the window.

The doves fly away cooing, laughing.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116301729089263634https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116301729089263634Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:59:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Picathecat on her back, her head hanging over the edge of the couch... and then a strange meow. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:57:17 GMT]]>@futurebird Physics is optional for cats. Physics knows better than to argue.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/darkling/statuses/116301721612973819https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/darkling/statuses/116301721612973819Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:57:17 GMT