• proudblond@lemmy.world
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      Cats often shake their prey to break their necks so it’s very possible to make a kill without piercing the skin (or, in this case, exoskeleton?).

      Source: my cat sometimes shakes her head when eating her kibble like a pampered, indoor cat who has never caught live prey would know to do.

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      Cats are very good at keeping anything alive in their mouth, no blood will leak. It’s even how they carry their babies around.

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        A long time ago before cats indoors was common, I adopted the kitten of a flatmates cat. We worked out the mother was bringing home wildlife home to train the kitten to hunt. So we started to bring them in during for the night earlier, around late afternoon.

        The mother cat worked out what was going on, decided to go catch frogs and other wildlife earlier in the day and keep them alive in her mouth until we went to bed so that she could release them alive later that night. She must have been holding them in her mouth for many hours on occasion.

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    literally hours ago someone asked me to 3d print that and linked to an ai generated model but you need a paid account to download it