Watch this athletic cat hit every ping pong ball that flies over the net

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good luck ever playing ping pong without your cat again

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My cat Pastel would love this, as she already enjoys knocking things off of tables.

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Somebody should do a mash-up of this cat returning Bruce Lee’s ping pong balls hit with nunchucks.

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I’m on the case and have a box of the ping and pongs on a wish list in the amazon

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Quincy hugs the net a little bit, but has good form.

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For 8 years, I tried to get my cat to catch or swat a ping pong ball. But for some reason, he never was interested in anything in the air. It wasn’t his vision, either.
If I tossed a ping pong ball at him (actually wiffle golf balls), he watched them the whole way, then would react once they hit the ground. In 2 dimensions, he was great, but not in 3.
A few times times I tossed it up, he watched it all the way until it hit him on the head. WTF?

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I think cats have a lot of personal preference. Like, I have a kitty now that is a total paper-kitty, and loves boxes. Like loooooves boxes. Cover it with a cloth and she’s in kitty heaven.
But she won’t touch the boughten track toy I got her.
Have you tried a toy dangled from a string? I learned that you first activate their play (read: murder) reflex by dragging something back and forth in front of them, then they’re in it and will chase, jump, rake, etc. Desmond Morris wrote a couple cool books about cat behavior.

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Yes, that’s the one. EVERYTHING has to be on the floor.

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Had a cat or two like that myself.

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14 seconds video…

Why?

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Lol. The longest lasting, most pristine items I’ve ever owned were cat scratch posts I’d bought for two cats.

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Is Kiara an Irish Setter or an English Setter?
(Sorry)

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Yes, he is playful enough with all the other cat things. Just not airborne things. If I flick a ball along the ground, he is an excellent goalie!

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A friend went on an LSD binge (back in the day) and said that he lost the ability to see in 3 dimensions. He described the experience by saying that if someone was to throw a brick at you all you would see was a rectangle getting larger and then mysteriously feel a lot of pain and fall over!

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