Originally Posted by
nutpie
Sheep herding v. Reindeer herding
Something like that but it's a whole nuther ballgame.
The Norwegian Forest cat is something like our Maine Coon cat. They get to be about 25 - 30 lbs when they're fully grown. The domestic ones are pretty social and easygoing while the feral kind that live out in the woods are known to prey on octopus & sea cucumbers
Must be a cultural thing because the Norse feel there's no sport in mounting and stuffing a dead animal.( Ewww ... Gross ! )
Instead ... they prefer to trap them live. It's more of a challenge that way.
From what i've heard there's a whole science to it. They wait until mating season and the females are in heat. They can tell when it's time from all the screams bouncing off the walls of the fijords. They set these long narrow traps down on the beach and bait them with male domestic cat urine. The cat goes in head first to investigate the scent and once she's fully in the door slams down on her butt.
Sometimes they set up a game camera to capture the event and get it all on time lapse video. ( Some things are just priceless !) At first she's just a bit bewildered and the expression on her face is " Ohh ... My ... Gawd. What kind of a mess did i get myself into ?"
After an hour or two she turns into a screaming,hissing, ball of fury. It's like: LET ME OUT OF THIS CAGE ! I'm gonna rip someone a new ass**** for this one!
They usually pour a bucket of cold seawater over her head to calm her down when they get like this. It's a lot easier to manage them when they're wet but not quite so wild. After she's settled the pop open the door and grab her by the hind legs. If it's done right it keeps her in place. If she's wise to the game they literally have a little tiger by the tail and from there on in it's all teeth & claws.
Old Claude Testis must have really earned his stripes to have written such a knowledgeable article on the subject.
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