Skip the produce when playing with your cat. You’ve probably seen the videos as you scroll through your social media feed: It starts with a cat minding their own business, calmly eating kibble or wet ...

The cat and cucumber prank usually involves a human placing a cucumber behind a cat while they eat. When the cat turns around and unexpectedly finds the cucumber, they may jump in fright. This is ...

Videos showing cats being scared at the sight of a cucumber placed behind them have been going viral in recent years. In the clips, the felines can be seen suddenly jumping or walking away when they ...

The Internet has been losing its mind the past few days over videos showing cats leaping, running, jumping and madly dashing to get away from a cucumber surreptitiously placed behind them while they ...

Videos of cats leaping in terror at the sight of cucumbers have taken the internet by storm, but veterinarians warn that these pranks may cause unnecessary stress for ...

If you've been inspired by the viral videos of cats cowering from cucumbers, well, there are some animal experts out there who have some words for you. Specifically ... "Despicable." "Cruel." "It ...

There’s a reason why cats don’t like cukes—and why you should think twice about attempting to scare your own kitty with one If you’ve spent any time on the internet, chances are, you stumbled upon ...

But it turns out, cats aren’t really afraid of cucumbers. They’re afraid of snakes, predators and random objects sneaking up behind them. Some theorize cucumbers look similar enough to snakes that if ...

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