Every one of us has woken up at least once in our lives, sleepily walked to the bathroom, and gotten a startle when the person staring back at us isn’t what we expected. (Hey, bedhead happens to everybody.) But when our animals get a peek at themselves? That’s a completely different reaction…
The wonder of cats discovering their own reflections is one of my favorite things on the internet. Take for instance a video we posted of a cat who discovered herself in the mirror and does that Twilight Zone-esque thing where she lifts one paw up and waves it at her reflection to see what happens. It’s such a human reaction! Or another brief moment of terror when a kitty seems to notice for the first time that he’s actually, well…a cat.
The folks over at Big Cat Rescue frequently bring us video gems of their breeds of big cats doing things that are typical of smaller species. We showed you a video a while back of what happened when they put a box in big kitty enclosures, and the results showed us they’re not much different from house cats in their playfulness. The video you’re about to watch is no different. Check out what happens when they show these cats their own reflections.
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