Looks like a miniature tiger vs miniature bear fight!

1:01 Armadillo was like “I want no parts of that shit!”

Cat came back and said “ I ain’t letting you slide like dat” 💀

Man, I’ve become addicted to trail cam videos over the past year or so. It’s so interesting to see what goes on in nature not too far away from our homes where we’re seemingly absent. Thank you for this 🙏🏾

I lived in an old house in a salt marsh for a year in my 20's and had a problem with raccoons getting on my porch and eating my 140lb dog's food in front of him. ...Which was very embarrassing for both of us. That ended the night the semi-wild, part domestic/part bobcat that I tried to adopt stumbled across the scene and dove into the three raccoons from the top railing of the porch. The work that cat put in and the look on his face while he did it made me seriously rethink all my attempts at petting him...

As the former father of a late raccoon and cat, I can tell you first hand that raccoons have quite a bit of fear of and respect for cats. A raccoon is tough as nails and will fight to the death and they'll often win against any other animal, including large dogs and even people if provoked. But a raccoon will back off from a swinging cat slapping them in the face with claws-a-blazing. We take cats for granted but they're an amazing animal capable of incredible feats. They are, after all, small scale lions, tigers and leopards.

Update - Part 2 is now online at kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p8qXhdCem5y5npc.html and things get wilder and more serious. And now a female cat has entered the picture the updated story of these 3 cats is at: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jNKTZNiIy7jegKM.html Update December 2022 - Part 3 is online at: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qbSTq5qfx9Kcdp8.html To get up to speed on the history of these feral tomcats if you haven't seen previous videos check out: Raccoon Attacks Feral Cat kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iqp1hZuQ0t20lGw.html Raccoon Attacks Feral Cat Part 2 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p8qXhdCem5y5npc.html Feral Cat Stalks Bobcats kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rZZneNNetb-chIU.html Feral Cats Love Boxes kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pc1-oLRlrNq-dI0.html Feral Cat Escapes Trap A Documentary kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qbSTq5qfx9Kcdp8.html Wild Feral Cat Mating Courtship Documentary kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jNKTZNiIy7jegKM.html Feral Tomcat Scent Sprays "His" Jungle kzfaq.infojJ8vQb-FJm4 Young Raccoon Separated from Mom Encounters Feral Cat kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eZdxgKSqx9yuf5c.html Feral Cat Documentary kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iZOgYKuiy8fGaY0.html note that these current cats are likely related to this strikingly similar cat from nine years ago A couple of notes - Odd that the cat initially trotted away instead of running at full speed - that mistake probably wont happen again. Starting around 2:10 you can see the open wounds the cat left on the raccoon that the raccoon is cleaning up. The cat appears to have made a complete recover now about a week after this incident as has the raccoon. Around 4:10 you can see the cat spray its scent right where the raccoon and bobcat spray so he's continuing to mark his territory. Because of the high density of wildlife and the cats nocturnal habit it is pretty much impossible to trap this cat for neutering and taking to a no kill shelter, but it may not be adoptable. I've tried trapping in the past and all you'll catch is possum after possum. If the cat were to come into the backyard in the daytime I'd be able to catch it, but its a true feral and I've only seen it once at dusk near the fence. I should post a video on this cats heritage and history in the future. BB

We had a huge Tom cat. He was 16 inches at the shoulder and almost 5 ft long including his tail. I could only think he had some rag doll breed in his genes. That’s what the vet thought. The vet loved seeing him as he was “by far” the biggest domestic cat the vet had ever seen. The vet at that time was about 30 years into his career. The cat would get in scraps with whatever was out there. It was long before any digital cameras. Sometimes the wounds would abscess so we would take him in as well as for his shots. He had a knack for simply killing the raccoons he came across. He actively sought them out, chased them down and annihilated them! They would get the occasional bite on him of course, but he didn’t care. His claws would leave wounds an inch deep. He wouldn’t eat them though. He ate basically everything else he killed, but not raccoons. He seemed to like rabbits especially. All of that, yet he would come home each night, often to a bath that he sought out. Would walk into the tub and meow until we cleaned him. He slept with us, or the nieces and nephews when they came over. Even babies would lay against/on him and sleep and he would just purr. Gentle with everyone except my brother who used to torment him. They had an understanding, it seems. People would come to visit and some were scared of him and his size!!! Hahaha. He was intimidating because he had scruffy ears from his rough lifestyle. His kittens were normal though. We spay and neutered the offspring and kept one female for kittens. Feral cats have a rather high mortality rate until they are a few years old. Owls, coyotes, bobcats, possibly the bears and cougars would get one. The Tom cat had put a few bears on the run that came into the yard including a huge old boar Grizzly that got too close when we were out fencing. The cats were and are still some of the best rodent controls. We live in Alberta Canada so we don’t have rats, fortunately, but mice & voles are common of course. That cat lived 14 years and 13 3/4s were really perfect for his tastes, but then he went downhill fast. He survived a rattlesnake bite, but never fully recovered. He lounged in the house until one day we found him sleeping in the sun for his last time. He was still curled up so just went in his sleep. No apparent pain. That was a tough loss. He was the closest thing to a dog I ever had, except our dogs of course, and he was far from typical fir any cat we knew, including his offspring,,,,,. One of a kind,,,,,

A racoon will usually whoop a cat. But not always. One thing to consider is that all these animals learn to fight by experience. Some have a great advantage just because they have done so much more fighting than their opponent. I will never forget my kid's favorite cat "tiffany" She was an average sized white female cat. But Tiffany was the baddest fighting machine cat Ive ever seen. I saw her destroy huge male cats, racoons, large dogs. One time she fought 3 dogs at once and they all ran away yelping. She could scratch you 5 times in one second and her bites took chunks of skin away. She even attacked people sometimes if you were mean to her Kittens. I never saw her lose a fight or even back down from one.

Judging by how chunky and well-fed the cat looked, I'd guess he's a pretty accomplished predator/killer. No surprise he was easily able to hold his own against a raccoon. And let's not forget who has the sharper claws.

I once had a huge outside tom named Bob, because of his bobtail. He was quite friendly with humans but didn't brook any other company in his territory. I saw him fight and win against dogs, raccoons, and possums, often his size or bigger. That cat was an absolute unit and had the battle scars to prove it.

I have been taking care of a feral cat for 2 years, veterinary care and food. He won't come inside but he finally let's me pet him and groom him for hairballs. I saw him attack a racoon in my driveway with unbelievable ferocity. Not a mark on him.

Feral cats and raccoons should probably just avoid each other. They are too closely matched it seems. If anything, this raccoon seemed to get the worst of it, and it had attacked the cat from behind.

Nice. Narration was on point, too. Methinks that the feral cat wouldn't survive an encounter with that bobcat, though.

2:39 the rat was like: dont mind me just walking around here 💀💀💀💀

That feral cat would run like hell if he saw the bobcat

If Disney ever grew up and went back to old school, wholesome documentaries on wildlife and other educational programming, which they will probably never do again, I would vote they pick you for the narrator. Well done!

This is really a great video! Glad they were both okay. Awesome interaction to be able to observe. Take care, Char😊

Kitty wasn't too worried if you listen closely towards the end of the scrap,you'll hear him hissing. I believe that cat gave as good as he got.

I've got a stray cat and raccoons that hang around my house. The cat dominates the raccoons every time.

I know Racoons can be fierce, but a Feral Cat will tear you a new asshole.

I'm surprised to only hear the raccoon and not the cat in the fight. When I hear ferrel cat's fight in the city, I can sometimes here them when I'm inside the house.

Thank you for sharing this type of videos . Are very interesting for various reasons . Thanks again for desire to bring this scenes that are hardly seen from a game camera .

Yes Felis Catus is pound for pound one of the most Ferocious animals on the planet. Their natural abilities are without question, and are a joy to behold in their play, and witnessed taking down of wild jackrabbits to feed their young when they needed further nutritional supplementation for their young. Once leaving an exactly sagittal sectioned half the rabbit remaining as if cut by a band saw to be seen at our front doorstep to finish later. She; Pugg, was one of our most incredible cats that ever shared her life with us. She was a short very well propositioned bob tailed longer rear legged dark grey green black tiger stripped cat who had several litters when she was alive with us. I think fondly think of her often, for no animal regardless of size entered our area without her permission, she was such a joy to our family and so lovingly remembered… . Thank you for this showing this footage. I saw how sure this cat was when allowing the Raccon to catch up to it, and was most telling, I caught that little bit, like it wasn’t really afraid but moving for a more open area to free up do business.

Everybody- Cat and raccoon..... Me: Rat freeloading in and out in between 🤣

Now this here is what I’m talking about!!! Thanks for the great video. Keep ‘em coming

If you've ever seen a cat fight another cat, then you know how battle-ready they are. They're Jiu-Jitsu masters and incredible contortionists. They can fling in all directs with split second timing. It's incredible to watch and very scary. Frankly, I'd rather deal with a raccoon than a cat, any day!

That armadillo that just snuck across was like the they're gone book it

I watched an encounter on my front porch recently between a semi-feral tom cat and a raccoon. The raccoon came up to get some cat food. The semi-feral tomcat was growling and wailing loudly which is what made me come and look. His back was arched, his fur was puffed out, and he reached out and swatted the raccoon's backside three quick times. The racoon ignored him, so he did it again. Apparently second round of swats scored a hit, and the raccoon took off running across my front yard with the tom cat chasing him. His take off scattered the cat food all over the porch.

If you've ever seen a racoons teeth you know never to underestimate them.

A Feral or Alley Cat is always very dangerous and Racoons know it. That Racoon learned it's lesson the hard way. Notice how the Cat just walked away unworried and confident, the Racoon tried it and got a good beat down. 👊🏼😼👍🏻

Thanks for sharing! This was fascinating.

1:02 Hey that's Terry the Teleporting Armadillo, what's up! Everybody say 👋'Hey what's up Terry!'

I had a feral silver tabby that we called Barbie. She was found hanging from a barb wire fence emaciated and close to death with her tail practically cut off hence the name Barbie. She was completely wild when we adopted her. I was only 8 at the time but I knew she was special very quickly. She would climb trees with me and was always just one branch ahead of me staring down on me and making sure I was OK. She would hoard all of my favorite Legos and hide them in the pillow where she slept by my bed. As I got older and snuck out to keg parties on the rail road tracks over 3 miles away I would catch glimpses of her stalking me in the distance, always keeping an eye on me and making sure I was OK. Without fail, everything time I came home after a party she was waiting at my outside window, staring at me with those knowing eyes to be let in to sleep next to me on her uncomfortable, Lego ridden pillow..😆

Bro that sound was vicious

Interesting video - old biologist here. 2 weeks ago in SAn Fernando Valley, L.A. was walking our little chihuahua on sidewalk ( 9:00 pm) when a huge great horned owl flew only 4 feet above my head. The owl landed in a tree across the street. I growled, waved my arms - the owl just sat there. So now - very careful at nighttime.

Just pleased both cat and racoon werent to badly injured.

That cat was lucky. My 3 yr male cat didn't survive it's fight with a raccoon. The racoon ripped my cat's throat open.

This was a great video showing how many animals live in the same area and tho they do not share much but its nice to see theses areas with animals, thanks and hope you record some more 😀✌

I was feeding feral cats up here two winters ago and up until the lockdowns in Pennsylvania in 2020 and a huge raccoon would show up and eat the cat food and i think the cats would avoid this raccoon because it was huge. I watch the raccon wisperer on youtube and when it's warm he gets 20+ raccons and they eat from his hand in Nova Scotia, this Bobcat was beautiful and thanks for sharing this video.

The feralHousecat that has adopted me has chased several raccoons up trees, then came to find me next door at my parents' house, led us to the trees, Very proud of herself. This morning, a baby fox (1 of 4 roaming VERY close to everything).... I grabbed my wildlife-settup camera, some OC spray in case, since we have a lot of rabies right now here. I went to see if I could get any shots, she came with me, started following it's sent. There are times I wonder we should have nicknamed her Lassie! ;-)

it feels so good seeing what could have been a imprisoned house cat, to a cat with freedom

*3:42** can i just say you sound like you're writing a book, you narrated this very well description and voice wise. that part reminded me of being 13 years younger listening to audio book in school.*

I feed a couple feral cats and a couple racoons on my front porch and have 3 cats of my own, 2 of them that I rescued. The cats and racoons usually just keep a few feet distance with neither showing any sign of concern or aggression but a could nights ago we saw a coon and one of my cats eating together with their heads right next to each other. I don't think for a minute though that an average house cat could defeat a pissed off racoon.

This same thing happened years ago to our male cat. A raccoon attacked it at night and dislocated our cats hip. He walked with a permanent limp for years. If he jumped off the couch it would pop back in. But eventually pop back out. I don't know why coons go for the hip but they do

I remember years ago at my old house me and my brother was sitting on my porch smoking a cigarette at night and my brother went inside but I was still smoking but the whole time I felt something wasn't right so I go to flick my cigarette and about two feet in front of me was a racoon sitting real low staring at me. It was real big and I'm not a nature guy so I started calling my brother but he never came back outside. I stand up and it walked forward so i sat back down and then it slowly stepped on my porch and was sniffing all around me. I didn't know if i should run or what to do but it just kinda chilled on my porch with me for about five to ten minutes and then just strolled off. I was shook.

Excellent and expert narration and evaluation of the event I love this.

Fantastic footage! Love trail cams, I must buy another one as my original one has failed.

I worked at an exotic animal rescue facility that had lions and tigers and some feral cats hung around and we feed them too. Then one day the kittens of the fetal cats started being killed and some of the grown feral cats as well. We had no idea what was happening. Then, one morning we found a full grown dead raccoon in the lion enclosure. It had gotten too close to the opening where we feed the lions and one if the males had to have reached out and clawed him and pulled it in. After that, no more cats were killed. It had to be the raccoon killing them until he was killed by one of the lions himself. Lions don't play.

My cat got in a fight with a raccoon. When the cat came home it had a raccoon claw stuck in its back. I wonder what happened to the raccoon as the cat was pretty damn tough.

1:01 "Don't mind me... just an Armadillo passing by... hehe"

Rocky met his match when he ran onto Garfield! 😄

Great vid. I live in the woods and raccoons show little fear of me but when my little female cat comes up they pretty much take off. She’s a feisty thing that has known these woods for 8 years ..... and survived .... so far !

Tough Life out there late at Night .

Thank you for your informative wildlife videos.

I have three rescue cats. They are all indoor cats as i don't want them hurt. They have climbing towers, scratch pads and they like to sleep on the couch. They get to eat grass that i grow just for them. They also get the healthy all natural dry food, no artificial colors or flavors. They seem happy and show that love everyday by sleeping next to me.

I have a large male black cat named Tank & through my surveillance cameras I've seen him get in a few fights with raccoons & possums at night & they quickly retreat.

That’ll teach that raccoon some respect for a very dangerous animal. The bite of a cat, domestic or feral, is such a toxic swamp that it kills most small animals even if they get away and, in larger animals, get so infected it can be quite debilitating.

Armadillo: "Nope." 00:59

When I was a kid I saw Elvis in Phoenix. He threw his cape out & it was the biggest cat fight I ever saw!

that feral cat isn't scared of the raccoon but you better believe it avoids an adult bobcat. There's a Tom by my house that is easily 35 pounds, the females are much smaller but those tom bobcats that come around my house can take down a deer

I grew up on a farm in Iowa. We had so many cats living on our land that at best only 10% of them were tame enough to approach. We would often leave table scraps ,along with any spare fish I would catch , up in the hayloft. From time to time a raccoon would make a den in that loft and take some of the food left for the cats.... There were some major battles up there on occasion.

@1:01 the armadillo was like, F this I'm out.

I've seen a bobcat meet a feral tomcat in a forest in PA. The bobcat went nuts. No more feral tomcat. It wasn't eaten, just killed. I got the sense it was a matter of food supply

1:01 love how the rat see’s an opportunity to vacate the premises 🤣

Well, the feral cat is tough and may fight a raccoon, but it could no way stand up to a bobcat...

Raccoon: “Here kitty kitty kitty!”

this is exactly what the zombies in walking dead sound like

😂😂😂😂 the raccoon was like , lemme get that lmao!

I walk one of my cats on a leash and harness. I’ve had 4 incidents. As I sat outside on my patio set and my cat jumped down from my neighbor’s patio set, I felt something nudge my right leg. I looked down and it was a raccoon, possibly using the cat hammock (cat never used it anyway), who wanted to meet my cat. I think it was young and not necessarily harmful. But, it didn’t stop me from jumping up and screaming, which caused it to run off. The next was my cat hunting for Katydids on trees. He went around the back of a tree and I heard all sorts of wild noises. I yanked him back by the leash, he yowled at me and, when I looked up, there was a raccoon peaking out, from behind the tree. I had such an absolute meltdown, because I wasn’t yet sure if my cat was injured, that the raccoon wanted out of there and ran down the street. Because I understand how rabies works, I rushed my cat to the emergency vet and got him a rabies booster, to the tune of $200. It he had no scratches or injuries, fortunately. One was a black vulture. I think it was somewhat young and hungry. I swooped down, with me standing next to my cat and I literally spread my wings, to divert the vulture and it did. But, it was hungry, returned and landed, walking towards us, picking up cigarette butts, waiting for me to hand over my cat. Since that wasn’t going to happen, I knew I might have to go to jail as, they’re federally protected. But, it flew off, when it heard my neighbor’s balcony door open. Just a few weeks ago, 2 black vultures crashed into one another, swooping down on me and my cat, from behind. They were not successful. It was a good lesson, however. There are many ways animals disappear. Other than humans, there are coyotes and other animals, some cats disappear into the street drains and some disappear into the sky. It is why my cat is not let out on his own.

North african cat : im lucky living my freedom i only have to face mice sometimes!

Two tom cats feral or not fighting are a sight to behold. At a distance.

What kind of trail cam do you use? It has excellent night vision. Mine only records shadowy figures at night.

I raised a raccoon from a baby before her eyes were open when I had a rural dairy farm in Limestone, TN. The raccoon loved my dogs but hated my cats and would first go after their tails. They were all raised to be friendly, but she hated the cats and certain people. I'm so glad this feral cat wasn't killed. Love your videos and comments!! Keep them coming.

Those retractable claws ain't no joke

While Hiking the Bruce Trail, I saw a Raccoon kill a rabbit. Very similar sound to what I heard on this tape. He may have wanted to eat the cat if he was hungry enough.

I can say from watching a cat I had, female, those critters are tougher than one would think. Mine was territorial and as a regular house cat chased a full grown deer out of the yard. The only animal she allowed was the German shepherd I brought home as a puppy.

My trail cam saw 2 cougars fighting over a young male. Vicious name calling and screaming and hissing erupted through the pre-dawn hours. After the dust settled, the young male continued walking his dog.

Raccoons tend to be extremely bold but not typically very aggressive unless they feel threatened. Chances are the raccoon felt aggressed to be encountered face to face in the small space.

This kitty is just getting his fight on, he still has his whole ears, by the time my 20 yr old farm Kat passed peacefully, he had half his ears left from fighting, he was fixed as a kitten, but was fierce territorial fighter

Big tomcats can be up to 20lbs of pure muscle. They can hold their own. The big stray tomcat that lived in my neighborhood once sent a 60+ pound lab mix running for the hills. Keep in mind, the dog initiated everything. Dog started it, cat won it.

This was enlightening for me because I have had 20 rabbits in home made rabbitats for about 3 years. I’ve had a regular raccoon visitor that never bothered the rabbits. But feral cats have come into my yard in attempts to take baby bunnies. One succeeded because my porch screen had separated from its twining at one spot. I’ve also had a 2 night coyote visit complete with the yip yip sounds, on the outside of my fence, but no rabbit casualties. At the time, I could hear that same vicious raccoon sound, so I concluded that a coyote caught a raccoon on those 2 nights. The sound was terrifying!

Both were evenly matched.

What camera system do you use with night vision???

The raccoon probably had babies somewhere close by and that's why it went full attack mode because the cat would definitely have no problem eating a baby raccoon. Idk just a guess on why the raccoon got so aggressive.

I wouldn't want to get in a fight with a raccoon. Those are mean critters when they get angry. Glad to see the feral cat made out alright. I figured he got killed. Those cats are tough.

That is strange. Almost always when a cat is backing out of a confrontation they know to do it very slowly as not to trigger a chase scenario.

At home he gets zero respect, whilst out here he is king.

I've battled Raccoons for years(another story). MY money is on the Raccoon...Smart, Savvy, Creative, Strong, 5-"fingers" on each paw, teeth like razors...and the kicker, they can be as loving as a puppy or as ferocious as a mad dog.

Raccoons are scrappy fighters! I live in the country and hear them fighting over the corn at night.

0:42 he was like u want rabies ill show u rabies 🤣🤣

Armadillo says "I'm outta here!!!"

1:01 He just came out of nowhere.

That’s one tough kitty! When they are just chilling on your lap purring while you watch TV or going nuts over catnip, it’s easy to underestimate just how much punch they can pack. Probably surprised the hell out of that raccoon too. I really don’t think it would go the same with a bobcat. My money would be on the bobcat. They have the same weaponry but they are much bigger and heavier.

That possum at 1:02 is saying, "I don't want any part of this!"

Nice job adding the narration.

The raccoon had better be glad that it did not run into the bobcat.

That was crazy to see! I JUST had a raccoon hanging out with the ferals in my neighborhood last night, so when I saw you posted this I had to watch. I think the one here is a female, so I don't know if that has anything to do with the relationship with the ferals (2 female 1 male)here or not, but they all just... hang out!😂 from what I've seen anyway. Thanks for posting- love all your content!💜

I'm pretty sure Mr. Feral knows that Mr. Bobcat would throw him out of the bar if he ever caught him in there again !!!

I befriended a pregnant stray cat once. Fed her, made a cot for her to have her babies but she didn’t feel safe and ended up choosing a nook on the roof of my house. Every day I went up to feed her and give her fresh water. One night I heard a terrible fight and rushed up to the roof and helped chase off three large raccoons. I found momma cat at the entrance of her nook, with a tuft of raccoon fur in her mouth. After that I brought a lawn chair up to the roof and stood vigil with her ever night. She would come out of her den land sit next to me, sometimes rubbing up against my leg. She would have 5 beautiful kittens and brought them into our house one by one. I found good homes for three, but kept two and the mom here at home. Strangely enough she has very little desire to go outside, and has become a very loving cat. So are her children.