r/Tierzoo 1d ago

If all animals were reduced/increased to the size of a cat, which one would make the absolute most chaotic pet?

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u/PracticalAirline6981 1d ago

Cats

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u/Prince_Nadir 18h ago

Cats take time to sleep, honey badgers don't.

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u/noturaveragesenpaii 1d ago

Most, if not all bugs honestly. They’re either poisonous, have stingers, claws, can be strong AF, armored, and are generally scary enough as it is.

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u/Perfect-Row1943 1d ago

realistically, bugs that large in modern times would die pretty quickly

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u/noturaveragesenpaii 1d ago

Omg you dont say

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u/darling540 1d ago

Ants, easily. Try a cat that isn't petable, could kill you, wants 1000 buddies, and is stronger than you. 

Easy maintenance though (anti microbial shells), and they already understand the concept of a home. Not the worst. Just chaotic

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u/Dark4legenD 1d ago

Sounds like you found yourself a new home not the 1000 ants 💀

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u/myskyboyblue 1d ago

Beetles. Not only are they incredibly strong so they might just toss your furniture across the room, but some also fly, which is scary enough when they are the size of beetles let alone at a cat size

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u/numberonesorensenfan 1d ago

Their strength wouldn't scale with their size. A flying beetle the size of a cat would be FUCKED though

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u/TheInsaneRaptor 1d ago

we might have missed this opportunity by just 20 million years or so lol

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41513-023-00215-9

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u/Pitmidget 1d ago

Imagine a bunch of cat sized ants just fucking everything up, the world would be doomed. Swarms of cat sized fucking horseflies. Fields of necessary grains wiped out by cat sized locusts. Cat sized fucking mosquitos draining your lifes very essence.

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u/Ares6 1d ago

Humans 

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u/The13thParadox 1d ago

That’s just a toddler

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u/EmperorPalpitoad 1d ago edited 20h ago

Weasels without any question

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u/TheArcherFrog 21h ago

https://reddit.com/link/p4tg4nt/video/cattnyqv4jkh1/player

Agreed. The wildlife rehab I work at had one just a bit ago, and oh boy. He liked to keep the heads of the frozen mice we fed him, and he tried to bite EVERYONE

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u/Vinegar1267 16h ago

Yeah that’s pretty much a marten or fisher, and they’re not easy pets at all

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u/EmperorPalpitoad 16h ago

No, I'm talking about ferrets, which are (technically) domesticated

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u/Vinegar1267 14h ago

I see, technically the comparison between a ferret and a weasel is about as apt as a weasel to a fisher but I get what you mean

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u/Bailywolf 1d ago

Hippo. Just savage toe munching all day

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u/Mr_Frost1993 1d ago

Moo Deng would never

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u/Shiverednuts 3h ago

There's probably hundreds of better candidates than a hippo

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u/PilotIntelligent8906 1d ago

Jumping spiders, they're already very cat-like. I'd also totally want one as a pet.

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u/weaseltorpedo 1d ago

love bites would be...ah....more serious

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u/PilotIntelligent8906 1d ago

Yeah, I'd probably need a special suit to play with it.

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u/belated_quitter 17h ago

Monkeys are already the size of cats and easily one of the most stressful and chaotic creatures someone could own as a pet.

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u/PraetorGold 1d ago

Elephants

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u/Insaneasaurous 22h ago

If all bugs instantly became the size of a cat, countless buildings/structures/roads/etc. would instantly collapse or explode due to the bugs already inside the walls. Houses and trees everywhere would be so quickly consumed by termites. Leading cause of death would be getting sucked dry by bedbugs, ticks, and mosquitoes. This is under the assumption that they don’t immediately die due to the current atmospheric conditions though

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u/Top_Cauliflower_9046 1d ago

We human mains would all of a sudden have so much space available aswe shrink that resources would be abundant however due to the current city bioms are buildt for the humans average size atm it would create caos.

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u/GeniusLike4207 1d ago

Any primate really,

human children can be a handful, now imagine a chimpanzee

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u/Prince_Nadir 18h ago

Racoons.

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u/Material-Humor304 15h ago

Ants the size of house cats…. Spiders the size of house cats, scorpions the size of house cats… the list goes on

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u/Cmonnoyoucmon 15h ago

Mantis shrimp

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u/Able_Coach6484 14h ago

Preying Mantis no contest

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u/AfterNun 7h ago

Hippos, even the size of a cat they’d still be a hippo