This is the classic pre-fight standoff – making yourself look bigger – defensive mode. We know kittens do this quite a lot and Gabriel is no different. What is, perhaps, a bit different is that he is doing it with his own shadow.
He does it a lot in the morning on the bed. It is a bit dark because the shadow on the wall is cast by a reading lamp, which I use when reading books while preparing some of the articles.
Kitten play, as we know, is all about hunting and fighting. It is preparation for that. It happens instinctively.
Play fighting comes instinctively to humans too. Look at all the hugely popular war video games which are becoming increasingly realistic. It is a bit worrying. For a cat it is simply about preparation for survival. For people it is about something quite different.
Aw bless him he has so come on hasn’t he? I love that last bit when he has him bum in the air flicking his tail so reminds me of the behaviour of squirrels 🙂
oh my goodness!!! that is just so hilarious — and adorable!!!! gotta love it!!! ♥♥♥♥♥
Thank you (says Gabs).
kitty kisses and head bonkies from my crew to yours!! ♥♥♥♥
🙂 thanks makes me feel warm inside.
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You should call him Ninja G!
😉 He has been playing with my iPhone cable. You can imagine the energy levels.