You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. The internet is brimming with videos of wide-eyed cats, jumping or running away from cucumbers. And ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Skip the produce when playing with your cat. You’ve probably seen the videos as you scroll through your social media feed: It ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Videos showing cats being scared at the sight of a cucumber placed ...

The new viral craze is apparently scaring cats with cucumbers, because the Internet is a weird place and humans enjoy low-grade animal cruelty as long as it's adorable. Countless others followed, to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’re a cat owner, chances are you’ve spent a fair amount of time looking at adorable feline videos on the internet (hey, ...

Fear can come in all shapes and sizes from the small spider to the existential crisis but for our pets they can be much stranger. Viral videos and challenges have gone round in which pet cats jump at ...

They keep popping up and garner millions of clicks: videos where cats leap into the air while eating because a cucumber suddenly appears behind them. What seems like harmless fun to many raises ...

Videos starring cats afraid of cucumbers are popping up all over the Internet. In the videos, the felines face away and their owners secretly place a cucumber behind them. When the cats turn around, ...

In the wake of the great cat vs. cucumber viral trend of 2015, we've all learned something new about cats — like, for starters, you shouldn't be scaring the wits out of your feline friends with ...

The internet’s obsession with cat footage continues! This month we collectively watched, again and again and then showed our coworkers, the various video compilations that show exactly what happens ...

A black and white cat is visibly startled after noticing a cucumber placed behind it on the kitchen floor. The photo captures the cat’s arched back and cautious stance, highlighting a typical feline ...