I’ve watched a number of videos produced by a Russian couple who have a pet cat. Sure, we all like cat videos… but their cat, “Messi,” is a slightly subscale puma that lives like a house cat. Every video I’ve seen of this critter makes me want my own pet puma. And then I put a few seconds thought into it, look at the scratches I get regularly from my normally-scaled house cats who aren’t even trying, and I think better of the idea. Sure, Messi seems astonishingly well behaved. But pumas are not domesticated. One day I think Messi might remember what he is, and then the next video won’t feature the Russian couple… it’s just be the remaining one.
This video from a week ago, for instance. They give Messi some pills. This is a process I’ve had to do myself, and I always come out of it bleeding.
Nope.
NOPE.