Woman Attempts to Play Fetch With Her Cat, Absolute Disaster Follows
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A woman's attempt to play fetch with her cat didn't go quite as planned, as she showed followers in a viral TikTok video.
The clip shared on Saturday by @linceynaviry shows the original poster throwing a ball for her 2-year-old Maine Coon to catch, as he had learned to do growing up with dogs.
However, despite his previous fetching experience, the cat focused too hard on retrieving the ball and didn't notice the pool beside him. He fell right in.
"When showing off my son's talents goes wrong," the woman wrote in the caption.
Overcome with panic, the woman immediately scooped the cat up while he tried to swim away and brought him back onto the grass, where she dried him off.
"He hissed at me when I was trying to dry him, then came for pets 5 seconds later," she told a user in the comments section.
Despite their dislike for water, cats possess the innate ability to swim, according to Boulder Veterinary Hospital. The website explains that cats have flexible spines and strong limbs that make them efficient swimmers.
All cats have this skill, though some breeds show more affinity towards water than others. Among the breeds that enjoy water the most are Abyssinian, Bengal, British short-hair, Egyptian Mau, and Maine Coon.
Norwegian forest cats, Savannah, Selkirk Rex, Shpynx, and Turkish Angora are also water-friendly breeds.
However, regardless of their breed, a cat's liking or dislike for water typically comes down to their personality and past experiences, according to a Catster article medically reviewed by Dr. Luqman Javed.
The following day, the poster reassured users that her cat was fine, with a video of him chilling on the windowill, letting his mom pet him as if nothing had ever happened.
Stock image of a tabby Maine Coon.
Stock image of a tabby Maine Coon.
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The video quickly went viral on TikTok and has received over 2.1 million views and 277,000 likes on the platform.
One user, Nikki Alex, commented: "He's going to be mad at the world for days."
Another TikToker, K, said: "He was immediately done after that. right back inside. immediately."
Commenter Taliyto wrote, "I love how you were moving quick yet slow at the same time it just makes everything 10x better."
Newsweek reached out to @linceynaviry for comment via TikTok. We could not verify the details of the case.
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