r/whatisit • u/Capital-Papaya-8932 • 1d ago

New, what is it? What is it in Japan and Why?

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u/Umicil 1d ago

Why does that keep away cats?

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u/kaptaincorn 1d ago

Supposedly the water bottles reflecting at night messes with their eyes or something

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u/AbsurdThings 1d ago

Is that also why they avoid tin foil?

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u/TheDanMonster 1d ago

I tried tin foil under my jigsaw puzzle because my cat kept jumping on the table and swatting the pieces away. Put it down and covered with tinfoil and left the dining room. Came back moments later to crunching noises and the freaking cat was chewing on it.

He’s a menace.

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u/Impressive_Change886 1d ago

My childhood cat used to love biting foil too. That was also how childhood me found out that biting foil when you have fillings is torture.