My take on this: Most cats react to catnip in a calm, rub on it type of way...except Sabre. Sabre reacts as if it's meth and he's about to go on a rampage.

Before catnip: "Behold! I am majestic and fearsome!" After catnip: "HURRRRR DERP DERP DERP DERP"

I am so happy you named one of the tigers Shere Khan

So if I go into the jungle and I come across a tiger I can give him some catnip and we can be friends :D

"Chinga Minga Shack-a-lack-a boi ya ya" great now the song is going to be stuck in my head

Lion before catnip: I am the king of all beast. Lion after catnip: Why do i have a large paint brush on my butt?

the fact that this video runs for 4:20 cannot be a coincidence.

We didn't domesticate cats, we just made them small enough to not kill us.

2:05 Nikita looks so done. "Sometimes I can't believe I haven't gone mad living with him."

It's just like humans. If you put a piece of cake in front of ten humans, some would eat it, and some would complain that there are GMO's in the cake.

2:07 her look on her face is priceless. seeing her husband act like a kitten instead of a king.

I was chilling in the zoo and then I got high ...

Joseph was just DRUNK on that catnip. I love watching cat's and their reactions to things.

Its so fun and interesting to see how all the cats do the head roll thing regardless of race lmao

Big cats have such a mesmerizing mix of adorable and absolutely terrifying

That tigers unimpressed face at 3:25, love it!!

1:09 Apollo: "Dude, dude, dude....we need to make an app" Zeus: "Holy shit that sounds...pretty doooope" XD

3:38 Joseph you are drunk, go home.

3:50 tigers snort like a boss.....

Joseph turned sexual, the female got disgusted lol

The cats like a variety of spices. Some like Rosemary, some like cinnamon, some like thyme, some like basil, etc. They also like various smells like perfumes sprayed on bags, boxes, or sticks.

Damn I might carry catnip around as protection when in the woods. You never know in Montana there are big cats in the mountains... could save your life.

Catnip sounds like a must if you’re ever stranded in the savanna 😂 it might save you.

4:05 Lion goes: "WHERE MAH DRUGS AT?"

WATCH THE VIDEO TO FIND OUT !!

Joseph is hilarious with way too much personality. Now on the last video he was too proud to rip that catnip bag to shreds like the other cats. Now on this video he is rolling around in it like a big overgrown kid. LMAO

3:37 I've forgotten how to lion

2:08... the loiness "I'm SOOOO high..."

"Science" don't give us that. You just wanted an excuse to give the cats catnip again XD

Thank you so much for supporting the cats.

I love that huge paw over the catnip @ 1:51 😂

1:55 >Then (last video) Joseph: I am the king i shall not fall for such petty stuff >Now Joseph: WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOOP Nikita: Really?

Cheetahs are harder for private owners to get. That means there are fewer of them kept as private pets. That is a good thing because it means there are not very many suffering in tiny backyard cages.

Part 1~ Joseph is the 'King of the Jungle'. He has to be dignified. Part 2~ "What the hell, let's party!" And so they did, and all went TOTALLY BONKERS! Who knew 'BIG CATS' could GIGGLE? MEEOOOOOW!

The music in this background just adds to how much you make large cats act like a kitty.

Joseph the lion is saying "Gimme more! Not fair! I didn't get it the last time!"

I hate how some viewers who know nothing act like they know everything. Nice video proving them wrong :)

I'll have to ask the Enrichment team. canyon is pretty shy. He does not always come out and play with his goodies until everyone leaves.

Duh it was the catnip. How often does a big cat act like it's on ecstasy when given a paper bag?? ... Right onJospeh you came outta your shell!... or maybe that was a relapse. XD

so if i ever end up against a big cat, i will just throw catnip at them :D freagging junkies

Joseph didn't respond to catnip on the first video, because he's a king, he doesn't open his own goddamned paper bags

I saw the first video and loved watching the big cats react to the catnip. They acted just like my Callie did whenever I gave her catnip. My other kitties liked it, but Callie went wild. At the end, she looked stoned. Lol! So I was surprised that some people thought that maybe the big kitties were reacting to the paper bags and not the catnip. The ways that cats and big cats play with paper bags is quite different than the way they react to catnip. But I'm glad you did this "scientific retest." 🐾🐾❤❤

Watching them roll around like my house cats makes me smile. 😀

catnip (also known as catwort) is a natural insect repellent, effective against fleas, ticks, mosquitoes and other pests. Plant it around your house as a natural barrier against pests (including cockroaches).

I love how you guys go out of your way just to do things like this for them. And how you try so many new things just to keep them happy and excited and have them always having fun. I only wish all animals in captivity could have owners like you guys and such a positive and exciting environment to live in.

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Ohohohohoho....watching big kitties roll around the ground whilst high on catnip.......I have nothing better to do in my life

These big kitties are definitely liking the catnip!! Too cute.

The music is perfect! Sometimes my domestic kitty likes catnip, sometimes he doesn't. A lot of times he eats it first. Then acts goofy. He refused to watch the big cat videos today. Maybe his short kitty cat syndrome is kicking in.

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This video made me so happy.

It needs to be put on more playlists, more Facebook walls, etc.

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Anyone who has ever watched a house cat in ecstasy with cat nip, knows these cats are having the same reaction. Rolling around, grabbing at their own back feet, rubbing themselves on fences or whatever is available, swatting at each other before falling down and stretching and rolling some more. Like a dog on fish guts, except slower and stoned looking.

It's hard to remember they can be such vicious animals when you see them rolling around and being so adorable like that.

lmao 0:53-0:55 it looks like Saber thought he saw something, realized it was just him tripping. shook his head. then commenced to tweek

Saber's so freakin cute.

That one guy: "maybe they were reacting to the sunshine and not the catnip. Experiment failed, do it it properly."

I'm not surprised you had some cats who didn't react; 25% (ish) of all (house)cats don't react to catnip. Your experiment seems to confirm this (72% of your cats liked catnip) My last kitten, Abby, didn't react to it at all. It's sad when they don't care for it, they're so adorable when they're rolling around, gnawing your hand...oh, that would be really scary with a big cat. Hehe. Keep up the good work, and let me know if I can donate a nickel bag or two!

this is so cool to watch these great kings and queens of there respective "jungles" just go silly for a simple plant

i would never be able to work in a place like this because it would take about 8 people to hold me back from petting one of the big cats when they rub their faces along the enclosure’s fence

Here I am, at 3 AM in the morning, watching big cats get high

4 minutes 20 seconds long eh?

Made the right choice of choosing la cha cha for the background music. Now i cant get it outta mah head.

The lion (soory don´t know the name) at 0:41 seems to say "Are you kidding me?" LOL

They are totally high! 😂 But it seems to be the same with domestic cats, some like catnip and others don't, some like fresh over dried or visa versa. One of my cats totally ignores dry catnip but goes crazy for fresh leaves.

Nice science! Also it's nice to see Joseph react and enjoy himself.

I have never studied hyenas.

A big male lion rolling around in catnip is quality entertainment

This was so enlightening. Thank you for making the Big Cats' day more interesting.

Jassica Thant: Catnip is a mint, like basil, peppermint, etc., called Nepeta cataria. You can tell a mint by their stems, which aren't round, but four-sided, like a square. There is also catmint, a different Nepeta. Some cats react to both, but catnip is MUCH more powerful--that is, for those cats who respond to it. In domestic kitties, only about 70% do. Moreover, kittens don't respond at all until they're older. Response tends to "grow" as they get to be around 8 months old. If they aren't responding by one year old, they probably never will. Start giving your cat catnip when s/he's about seven months old, then once a week from then on until you see a response. All they need is about a teaspoon to get high, but I like to gather fresh from outside and throw down a huge pile of it. They eat it, roll in it, lick it, flop over, rub their backs all over in it, then run around the house for a while. Finally, they're all tuckered out and sleep. Good luck!

if you bring catnip and meat at the same time, what would they do?

This should be tested every Saturday from now on. Constant research is necessary. 😻😻😻

3:37 Joseph looks like an old man struggling to wake up LOL

I wish ancient humans knew about cat nip so we could probably have domesticated big cats

It’s actually kind of strange to me that people wonder about the similarities of big cats and regular domesticated small cats. They are pretty much exactly the same, just smaller. Your domesticated cat still has every wild instinct and behavior a tiger or lion has. There is a reason they are called “big cats”, because it’s just that simple, they are merely just bigger cats. You basically just have tiny lions running around your house, lol.

A big tiger rollling like my cat and a majestic lion rollling so adorable.

I love that some of the big cats have names like Pharaoh, Joseph, And Shere Khan.

I wonder if you could smoke catnips

all of those people who thought that they only liked the bags, sorry you were wrong, LOVED THE VIDEO THOUGH!

Thank you for adding some laughter to my day, My regular ol house cat is no doubt addicted to the nip. He can sniff it out, No matter where I hide it. And has even learned how to open cabinets and retrieve his own nip of the day.

Cats are so adorable when they're on catnip.

nikita is a big girl!! love that you guys keep these cats busy with things to do :-)

I thought only male lions marked their territory by spraying. Didn't know lionesses did the same...

Simply beautiful xx

Ha! My husband said "what could possibly go wrong?" Thank you for sharing!

I really like these videos, but I wish they lowered the volume on the music a bit. It’s quite distracting and I want to hear the noises of the animals.

Is he the cole and marmalade guy?

They needed an excuse to make a second video which we still appreciate

Reno and Saber are just so precious!

Alex the tiger huh....shouldn't it be a lion though?....

now the cats have a drug problem

I freaking love that the tiger os called shere kahn!!! Jungle book lover ❣️

Informative and adorable.

After being clean for three years, Joseph relapsed. Nikita is just about fed up with his addiction. She's going to leave him now.....

The end of the video made me wonder what the difference is between a domestic cat's meow and a big cat's roar. Are they two separate things, or are they essentially the same thing with the exception that a domestic cat's meow is a higher pitch because they have a smaller larynx?

Lesson learned. When I go to a country that has Big cats. I'm bringing bags of catnip for my protection, also to see those cute big cats roll around.

Excellent music choice for the happy cats