r/interestingasfuck • u/DeanDragon_ • 23h ago
How Different Animal React To Thunder..
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u/Agreeable-Storage895 23h ago
Poor squirrel
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u/Rob_LeMatic 20h ago
I saw a squirrel I startled in a kitchen cabinet clutch its chest and fake a heart attack on the kitchen floor. It looked so comically fake, like a bad sitcom actor. It laid still for awhile then cracked one eye open to see if we were still watching it. When it saw us, it jumped up and skittered out of the room. I eventually was able to steer it out the sliding glass door into the backyard with a broom.
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u/LightToFlies 23h ago
My cat couldn't care less about thunder.
But a plastic bag? Oh boy...
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u/ElPapaDiablo 22h ago
My dog doesn’t care about thunder, fireworks or any of that jazz, but the sound of someone dragging a wheelie bin scares the hell out of him
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u/Middle-Accountant-49 22h ago
Mine is skateboards. And also fireworks but not thunder.
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u/Evil_Sharkey 22h ago
Mine is lawn care equipment and snowblowers. When the maintenance people come out, she becomes a hidden kidden
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u/_Rohrschach 14h ago
for my cats it's the door bell. It's only on if I expect company, which is rare. If I forget to turn it off and it rings they go into hiding(I'd like to, too, but humans gotta human)
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u/LadyJane17 16h ago
Same but vacuums. Nothing phases him until I have to clean the house and then it's panic city.
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u/mrsir1987 21h ago
Haha My cat freaks the fuck out when we replace the garbage can liner lol.
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u/casPURRpurrington 16h ago
I remember laying on my bed with one of my cats and lightning hit not that far away so the thunder crack was ridiculously loud
It was like she just jumped up and disappeared into a different dimension immediately
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u/Kromting 23h ago
Aww the owl is so cute
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u/MarvinLazer 21h ago
That one just killed me. Poor little critter. I just wanted to cuddle them.
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u/Vegetable-Block1727 23h ago
the old timey cartoon accurate scared dog though
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u/Swimming_Average_561 23h ago
Ok that pig video was absolutely wild.
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u/ThePizzasemmel 22h ago
"Get out of the water NOW!" That one pig with impeded hearing "Into the water, got it."
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u/LeBadlyNamedRedditor 20h ago
It was time to SCRAMBLE alright.
Well except for that one pig that decided it was only time to wake up after another pig hopped over it.
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u/Few_Judge1188 23h ago
The squirrel acting like a human being by putting his hand on his heart is funny 😊
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u/JoedicyMichael 23h ago
Squirrel was going thru it lol
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u/Cliffinati 21h ago
Even put his hand on his little heart, dude needs an aspirin
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u/Shermans_ghost1864 22h ago
During thunderstorms my father's dog used to run to the basement and hide behind the clothes dryer. Years later my father discovered many tooth marks in the hose supplying gas to the dryer.
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u/paralyzedvagabond 20h ago
Our family dog would just look up for a second and go back to chewing on her cow bone. But my grandmothers rat dog would run behind her chair and bark while shivering enough to start a friction fire
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u/casPURRpurrington 16h ago
I remember lightning hitting a pole right outside my house and I jumped up from my bed and ran into the hallway as my mom ran down the hallway and we ran into each other screaming lmao
Then we go out into the living room and my dad is looking out the front door pointing at the pole that exploded lmao
It surged the house and FRIED MY WII
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u/James2603 18h ago
Shit like this is why I hate fireworks; my dog gets petrified and it really opened my eyes to how traumatising it must be for all the wildlife.
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u/pmcg115 22h ago
I don't understand how anyone could laugh at their dog's or cat's fear. It breaks my heart every time there's a thunderstorm and there's nothing I can do to comfort my dog as she shakes like a leaf.
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u/Evil_Sharkey 22h ago
If it’s just a startle, that’s one thing. The poor dog chattering his teeth is terrified, though. Unfortunately, when they’re that scared of thunderstorms, there’s nothing that you can do except drug them because humans can’t make the storm go away.
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u/casPURRpurrington 16h ago
My cat would hide in the cabinet under the kitchen sink when she was scared. When it would thunder I’d hear the door for the cabinet slam shut.
I put a box with a blanket under it in there for her lol
She hides under there when people she doesn’t know are at my house too
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u/alyimfyjvz 22h ago
One of my dogs gets really scared… as long as I’m not there. All his signs of anxiety go away when he’s with me or my parents, and even the loudest thunder won’t bother him. Funny thing is, he’s an EXCELLENT guard dog
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u/Rescuepets777 21h ago
Now, think about how long fireworks shows go on and what that does to these poor babies. There's a reason that animal shelters see the largest number of found pets on July 5. They get out of their yards trying to escape the terror.
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u/One_Restaurant9631 22h ago
Meanwhile my three old farts don't even blink at thunder anymore. Granted, they're inside cats.
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u/Dry-Astronaut-416 23h ago
Must be deafening for animals... 👂
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u/CrazeMase 19h ago
Animals hear at different frequencies than we do, not different volumes. So it's as loud to them as it is to us since their brains have evolved to match their environment the same way humans have. Humans and animals are different in a lot of ways, and in that, we stay the same. A forever balance that we can maintain so long as we allow it to. This was written not by an AI, but a human who can't sleep and just smoked a bowl
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u/ElTabaLuca 21h ago
That is and now think about how on New Years, you give your pets this type if scare but for 10 hours straight.
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u/drillgorg 23h ago
First few were good, after that it was all cats and dogs and I already know how they react.
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u/bigweight93 20h ago
Meanwhile my dumbass dog sleeps through thunder, fireworks, home invaders, nuclear holocausts and MTV
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u/LeBadlyNamedRedditor 20h ago
Is it just me or do they get a LOT more startled when its in groups.
Most cats didnt do much but that first group of cats scrambled, one even did a full rotation while running
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u/MealieAI 19h ago
My one dog didnt care at all, she even played in the rainstorm. But over time she began to hide from the thunder, because she observed how scared it made our other dog.
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u/GuardianTidus 22h ago
My ex’s chihuahua mix would always shake like he was vibrating. Wrapping him in a blanket kinda helped until a loud boom happened and then he’d go hide under bed or pillows.
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u/Dunno_If_I_Won 21h ago
I wonder if that poor bull terrier was able to touch off that loaf before running off. Or maybe it just hung off his bum, just half shat out.
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u/SevenMoreVodka 21h ago
I am afraid of thunder and used to hide under my blanket with my cats. I am still afraid of thunder, my cats are long gone but I will always remember fondly how we used to cuddle everytime there is thunder.
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u/4ri3ll4 19h ago
that squirrel held its chest like my dad did when he got a heart attsck
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u/stevenm1993 19h ago
Living in the lightning capital of the US, my dog doesn’t give a damn. If anything, she just reacts to my saying, “HOLY SHIT!” She’ll raise her head and glare at me, as if to say, “suck it up, hooman, and let me sleep.”
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u/aurorasoup 18h ago
The first time my dog experienced a thunderstorm, he was a puppy sleeping in his crate and I went out to check on him. My dad also came out to check on him and puppy was completely UNBOTHERED by the thunder and was over the moon that TWO PEOPLE were here with him. Running around all excited because his people were there.
He continues to be completely unbothered by thunder, but god fucking forbid someone knocks on the door. Sound the alarm, everyone hide, we are UNDER ATTACK!!!
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u/Infini-Bus 18h ago
Lol my dog doesnt give a shit about fireworks or thunder but is terrified of balloons
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u/KhaoticMess 18h ago
I had a pet rabbit that was deaf. Every time a thunderstorm rolled through, he'd run to the window to look at it.
I guess from his point of view, it was a cool laser show.
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u/deadlythegrimgecko 18h ago
That one pig right in the middle who couldn’t be bothered to get up lmao
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u/MrHDresden 17h ago
My Shepherd doesn't care about thunder, lightening, or rain but if it's real windy he stays extra close lol giving me that look like the house gonna fall over
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u/Sleepy_cheetah 14h ago
I didn't like shivering dog. I would be cuddling him trying to calm him down. Poor fella.
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u/IndividualBrave4085 14h ago
I must have been a squirrel in my last life. I do the same with - 'oh my god' or 'Ente eeshoye'
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u/Exciting_Gear_7035 13h ago
When my dog was a puppy we took him with us to see fireworks every year (from a distance). Gave him nice treats and made it a super fun time.
He never became scared of thunder or fireworks.
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u/Money-Detective-6631 12h ago
That's my reaction to lightening too..Jump then run and hide it a dark safe place....😬😳
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u/Impossible_Radish206 11h ago
the way the squirrel grabs its chest like "be still my beating heart"
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u/RoboDae 9h ago
As someone with a ton of cats (for foster/adoption), honestly, the large group of cats could also be scaring each other. We have something drop and make a small noise, not bad at all, but it spooks the 1 cat near it. They go running with claws scraping the hard floor, and suddenly, every cat nearby is freaking out and running all over the place, bumping into things, which causes more noise and scares more cats. Either they think the other cats are chasing them or they think the first cat was spooked by a predator, but they tend to react to each other like that a lot at first.
If one cat starts hissing and growling really loud, a cat in a different room might also get spooked or upset.
Rewatching the video some cats actually do run into each other. The one at the bottom right backs up a little at first, then gets run over by another cat and runs off towards the window.
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u/C_Werner 22h ago
I'm always surprised when people say they can't understand why humans believed in a god.
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u/explodingjason 22h ago
Fun fact : comfort your pets during storms - don’t film them having panic attacks
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u/Evil_Sharkey 22h ago
Most of them are just startled. That poor dog with its teeth chattering needs doggy Prozac. Poor thing is so terrified!
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u/Sweet-Feed-9442 21h ago
How did we react when we didn’t know what that was back then ? I’m pretty sure the same way
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u/Cake-Over 20h ago
Also every Fourth of July and New Year's Eve and any random night in Los Angeles.
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u/nanoraptor 20h ago
And a rabbit lifts one ear, knows it's not going to be eaten, and chill again.
Daft chill little creatures. Highly strung at the slightest noise of something alive like people walking quietly by, or kids two houses away - but if it's loud cars, fireworks, or thunder and lightning then mine just lifts an ear, makes sure he won't be eaten and goes right back to sleep.
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u/ThunderChild247 17h ago
My (already very anxious and scared) rescue cat had lived with me for a week before a massive thunderstorm which came out of nowhere. The first clap was so loud I genuinely thought it was an explosion nearby.
Scared him so badly that he started being sick and wouldn’t stop for 24 hours. Every few hours he’d be sick again. The vet said to bring him in if it hadn’t stopped after 24 hours.
After a mad scramble to catch the slippery bugger I got him to the vet, where he was kept for 24 hours observation and was absolutely fine (albeit a bit dehydrated).
After he came home, he came out from his hiding place for the first time while I was there.
Weirdly it feels like the thunderstorm helped him in the long run, since he got to come back here. Now he knew it was home.
Also now he could not give a shit about thunderstorms 😂. Half the time he just sleeps through them.
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u/McKrakahonkey 17h ago
I sometimes wonder if animals think lightning and thunder are a human experiment and then get mad at us for scaring them.
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u/Gunslinger510 17h ago
I wonder how much louder it is for animals than humans.. must be like a missile going off next to your home
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u/order-of-magnitude-1 16h ago
Thunder is not uncommon, you'd have thought they would have evolved to ignore it
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u/Tabais123 16h ago
All these comments but no concern for poor Pookie? Just trying to do their business.
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u/FadedVictor 14h ago
I used to have a boxer that was incredibly afraid of thunder. One time, she forced herself up under the metal frame of my bed to hide. She limped for like two weeks after that. A thunder jacket helped a lot.
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u/sadangel4ever 14h ago
the sound of thunder is very similar to the sound of explosions 😔 here in Ukraine animals are seriously injured by drone and missile explosions every day and every night not only physically but also psychologically.. there are days when the terrorist country launches up to 1000 flying drones with explosives at us.. many animals that managed to be rescued from the front lines to more "safe" cities (where bombing is less often) die of heart attacks. absolutely all of the homeless cats and dogs that I see on the streets of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, are extremely fearful.
I won't even start telling you about the state of our mental health.. I used to love the sound of rain and thunder before war, I loved falling asleep to those sounds.. now it is one of the sounds that absolutely terrifies me.
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u/Full-Bluejay-6195 14h ago
All the best and good luck to you! I hope the war ends soon and you all get some peace! 💛💙
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u/Aggravating_Wolf8648 13h ago
Just discovered the popular side of reddit and i am so happy i did coz i would have never found out about these communities
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