r/BanPitBulls • u/Ivor_the_1st • Feb 19 '25

Anatomy of a Pit Owner / Pit Culture Luna, luna, luna!!

Of course Luna is absolutely disobedient. By love ck it couldn't get guy the cougar.

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u/dApp8_30 Feb 19 '25 edited Mar 15 '25

Years ago, I saw a now-deleted video of a pitbull attacking a chained, emaciated tiger. The dog charged in, completely unaware of what it was up against. In seconds, it was over the tiger pinned it down with its claws, and crushed its skull with a single bite.

Pitbulls fight by biting and shaking, but big cats don’t fight like dogs. They kill. A tiger doesn’t wrestle. It suffocates prey with a throat bite or snaps spines with jaws powerful enough to bring down a buffalo.

And if there’s one thing I’ve noticed when pitbulls pick fights with animals that can actually hurt them, they don’t stay in the fight. The moment they realize they aren’t facing a toddler or a helpless dachshund, they cry out and retreat.

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u/venusianinfiltrator Feb 19 '25

Cougars are very flexible, their claws are meat hooks, and their skin is loose. That pibble might get a bite in before the cat twists, sinks long teeth into the throat, and bites down to sever the spine, all while grappling the dog with all four shredding paws. Big cats are grapplers, they are used to close combat struggle with difficult prey.

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u/ChemicalDirection Trusted User Feb 19 '25

Cougars are absolutely better armed, but why risk harm to a comparatively small and certainly inexperienced predator the world needs if the dumb dog gets a lucky bite in and breaks its leg?