Deadliest Cats In The World

Pretty much everything wants to eat chickens. Foxes, raccoons, hawks, weasels, and of course humans, only humans are notably different because we'd rather not share our chickens with other predators. 

Bobcats are an especially vicious chicken killer. According to the Merritt Herald and, like, every chicken forum on the internet, bobcats aren't always satisfied with killing just one chicken. Single bobcats have been known to take out entire flocks. In 2013, the Merritt Herald reported that a single bobcat killed 23 chickens in one go, mostly by biting them savagely in the heads or breaking their necks. The chickens' owners were pretty gracious considering what they'd lost — the bobcat was captured and later released elsewhere, you know, so it could kill someone else's chickens.

If you're remembering that 2021 viral video featuring a man fending off a bobcat with his bare hands and wondering why there's been no mention of bobcats being dangerous to humans, it's because they're generally not. They may attack a person they perceive as a threat to themselves or their young, but most bobcats that attack humans are rabid. That's kind of bad enough, though, so it's important to be aware that any wild animal — bobcats included — that act weird, stagger, foam at the mouth, or seem unafraid of you are potentially rabid. Physical contact with a rabid animal requires a trip to the hospital and a series of rabies vaccines, because rabies is 100% fatal.

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