I like this cat.

Geri

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNKOr01VRL8

Butchdog2

My kind of cat. Looks to be about half grown.

Ridefar

Would like to give him a little ear scratchin' and some head pettin' and maybe a little scooby snack for doing such a good job on that snake.....probably would bite me though.

Very cool, thank you.

roswellnative

Must be from some of the new cell deer cams? Pretty amazing footage

tomh.

Why do they roll around on it after they kill it?
My dog does that sometimes with her toys.

Grasshopper

One bad boy down. I would rather see the cat than that dang snake in the woods.

mohawk600

tomh. said:

Why do they roll around on it after they kill it?
My dog does that sometimes with her toys.

scent marking the area.

love2shoot

Cat was pretty proud of itself.

dreher

Does anyone have a clue as to the make of that camera??   That is seriously impressive video quality!!  I wonder what that costs!

Grasshopper

I thought it was a rattler?

kimi

Great video! Thanks!

chiefr

mohawk600 said:

tomh. said:

Why do they roll around on it after they kill it?
My dog does that sometimes with her toys.

scent marking the area.

Aside from venom and rattles, rattlesnakes along with other snakes secrete an odious musk out scent glands in their cloaca, especially when being threatened. Just another defense mechanism.

 Cats being cats and dogs being dogs like to roll around in obnoxious things to us like animal feces, dead animals, etc to hide their own scent from other predators.  

Horse Plains Drifter

Grasshopper said:

I thought it was a rattler?

Yep it is(was). That cat knows how to deal with rattlers. But I gotta say, that snake took a lickin' and kept on tickin'.