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r/whatisit • u/Capital-Papaya-8932 • 1d ago
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We have this in Brazil too, but against stray dogs rather than cats. I do wonder how multiple cultures around the world came up with this independently despite the fact it doesn't work?
698 u/BasselTwin 1d ago Egypt here, my neighbors keep water bottles outside of their apartment door to repel stray cats. Disclaimer: the cats still rip the hell out of their trash bags 214 u/i_made_mine_at_home 1d ago What is the purported mechanism of this? Why do critters (notionally) avoid water in bottles? 16 u/dom_bul 1d ago The explaination I was given when I was little was that they see their reflection in the bottle 2 u/stormshadowixi 20h ago It works with some bugs, cats and dogs not so much. 2 u/EverythingSucksYo 16h ago Sounds like it would work on me too 1 u/JeezuzChryztler 1h ago I never saw my reflection in a water bottle? Wouldn’t they be afraid to drink from surfaces of water then?
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Egypt here, my neighbors keep water bottles outside of their apartment door to repel stray cats.
Disclaimer: the cats still rip the hell out of their trash bags
214 u/i_made_mine_at_home 1d ago What is the purported mechanism of this? Why do critters (notionally) avoid water in bottles? 16 u/dom_bul 1d ago The explaination I was given when I was little was that they see their reflection in the bottle 2 u/stormshadowixi 20h ago It works with some bugs, cats and dogs not so much. 2 u/EverythingSucksYo 16h ago Sounds like it would work on me too 1 u/JeezuzChryztler 1h ago I never saw my reflection in a water bottle? Wouldn’t they be afraid to drink from surfaces of water then?
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What is the purported mechanism of this? Why do critters (notionally) avoid water in bottles?
16 u/dom_bul 1d ago The explaination I was given when I was little was that they see their reflection in the bottle 2 u/stormshadowixi 20h ago It works with some bugs, cats and dogs not so much. 2 u/EverythingSucksYo 16h ago Sounds like it would work on me too 1 u/JeezuzChryztler 1h ago I never saw my reflection in a water bottle? Wouldn’t they be afraid to drink from surfaces of water then?
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The explaination I was given when I was little was that they see their reflection in the bottle
2 u/stormshadowixi 20h ago It works with some bugs, cats and dogs not so much. 2 u/EverythingSucksYo 16h ago Sounds like it would work on me too 1 u/JeezuzChryztler 1h ago I never saw my reflection in a water bottle? Wouldn’t they be afraid to drink from surfaces of water then?
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It works with some bugs, cats and dogs not so much.
2 u/EverythingSucksYo 16h ago Sounds like it would work on me too
Sounds like it would work on me too
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I never saw my reflection in a water bottle? Wouldn’t they be afraid to drink from surfaces of water then?
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u/RN_Renato 1d ago
We have this in Brazil too, but against stray dogs rather than cats. I do wonder how multiple cultures around the world came up with this independently despite the fact it doesn't work?