‘GRINCH’ CAT KEEPS RIPPING DOWN CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS IN HILARIOUS VIDEO
Source: Newsweek (Extract)
Posted: December 14, 2022
In a video shared to TikTok by knbl58, a black and gray tabby cat can be seen leaping to remove an assortment of festive adornments from around their owner’s home.
At the time of writing, the video had been viewed more than 5.6 million times, with many marveling at the feline’s Scrooge-like aversion to Christmas.
According to an accompanying caption, written in Spanish, the cat’s owners have now canceled plans to get a Christmas tree amid fears over how their four-legged friend might react and what the consequences could be.
Such concerns may be unfounded if Dr. Leonie Richards, Head of General Practice at the University of Melbourne’s U-Vet Veterinary Hospital in Australia is to be believed.
Speaking in an interview with the University of Melbourne’s research publication, Pursuit, Richards said that she’s rarely come across a cat being injured as a result of an encounter with a Christmas tree.
“You can never say never but it would be pretty unlikely,” she said. “The most common outcome is just mess and mayhem.”
In her experience, kittens and younger cats tend to be drawn to Christmas trees, on account of the twinkling lights and shiny decorations.
“All those shiny balls and lights and tinsel, it just looks like one big playpen for them,” she said.
That might go some way to explaining the behavior of the cat in the viral TikTok clip, with the feline shown launching itself at any number of decorations in an attempt to drag them down to the floor and possibly play with them.
Still, that didn’t stop their owner from branding the pet a “Grinch,” with the animal’s energetic antics sparking plenty of similar responses in the video’s comments section.
“I love you kitty Grinch,” one viewer wrote.
Another said: “We can’t put up the Christmas tree because my cat pulls everything down.”
Others had it worse.
“My cat knocked over the Christmas tree like 7 times and broke the Christmas lights with his teeth,” one commenter said.
Others were keen to stress that this kind of behavior passes with age.
“Enjoy these moments,” another TikToker said. “Mine are grown and there is my INTACT TREE… I put it together yesterday afternoon and not a single ball has dropped.”