This reminds me of the anti-wind-energy arguments about the turbines killing many birds...
this post was submitted on 10 Apr 2024
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Linux isn't even on the list but neither is mac. Makes you think
because killing birds isn't a task of the kernel, it's the task of a userspace utility part of the coreutils
/usr/bin/stoneDon't blame cats
Those aren't birds, that's chicken. Dummy.
Cat is a standard util you bastard!
Just use bat!
how in the world are cats so good at killing something that can literally fly
They're built to kill. Crazy good reflexes and eyesight, amazing jump height, claws that grab hold of tree branches, feathers, and skin very nicely. There are a bunch of strays where I live, and they are murdering machines when they don't have a bowl of food plopped in front of them twice a day at their leisure.
Also whenthry do. Cats like to play
And simultaneously can't find the piece of ham I dropped in front of their nose.
The only reason why cats aren't hunting us down right now is because we're too big to be prey. I read somewhere a long time ago that domestic cats have one of the highest predation success rate in the mammalian class. Meaning once they choose to actually try to hunt something they usually get it.
To be fair they are good at choosing WHO to hunt
Patience mostly I think. At least with rodent they smell a trail and then just sit there for hours and hours until one walks near enough.
The reflexes of cats are insane and faster then a snake can bite. This video is a little demonstration for that
Fuckn Microsoft, man!
I'm still not calling it GNU
I know a lot of people don't like Andrew Lloyd Webber but killing yourself is a bit much
I pointed this out to people who complain constantly about wind turbines. "Ban windows!" They love that.
Don't need windows if you live in a basement (and use Linux).
3.5 billion birds are killed in North America per year? I didn't know anywhere near that number even existed.
Wikipedia says there are about 7.5 million square miles in the US and Canada, so that's over 400 birds killed per square mile, per year, on average.
That's amazing, no?
not if we have anything to say about it
-Cats
I misread it as "Widows" and got a bit concerned for a second.
Probably plenty of bird widows in the world
On a serious note, the problem with wind turbines is not the total number of birds they strike but the species. Larger birds of prey seem particularly susceptible. Tough this risk can be easily mitigated by not placing the wind turbines directly in their primary habitat or migration paths.
I was going to say, I doubt your pet tabby is killing any California condors at any appreciable rate.
Amazing how easy it is to bias people with data though.
Why is the bar for Windows as long as the bar for cats?
Because it's by area, not length.
But seriously, your cats are fucking the ecosystem up
Is this even a meme? It's a screenshot of yet another Windows/windows joke.
Keeping your cats indoors won't solve anything. Housecats aren't destroying the bird population, feral cats are. If you want to help, volunteer with your local vet or animal control to capture, spay/neuter, then re-release stray cats.
It will solve for your cat staying not dead, not shitting in other people's yards, and not fucking other cats.
Not true. Pet cats are about a third of the problem, according to a 2013 nature paper. Feral populations vary a lot by location - some places have almost no ferals but lots of pet cats.
That study's been going around for years in the media, but mainly because it's sensational. If you actually read the article, I'd hardly say it's very convincing, or very accurate. Also, this.
Existing estimates of mortality from cat predation are speculative and not based on scientific data13,14,15,16 or, at best, are based on extrapolation of results from a single study18. In addition, no large-scale mortality estimates exist for mammals, which form a substantial component of cat diets.
"About a third of the problem" So, not the primary cause (or solution.)
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2380
"We estimate that free-ranging domestic cats kill 1.3–4.0 billion birds and 6.3–22.3 billion mammals annually. Un-owned cats, as opposed to owned pets, cause the majority of this mortality."
The article also states the following regarding more popular studies in the media involving pet cats: "The magnitude of mortality they cause in mainland areas remains speculative, with large-scale estimates based on non-systematic analyses and little consideration of scientific data"