All-Star Wrestling

They are getting sleepy as they hold these poses

                For today’s entertainment we have cat all-star wrestling.  Other than costumes, it is no different than the human version.  Both have loud vocalizations.  The cat version includes howling, yowling, hissing, screeching, moaning, and a cry that could peel wallpaper off the walls.

                Both seem to involve a lot of posturing.  The cats have a number of favorite non-contact poses—lying innocently on their backs pretending not to notice their opponent, standing over said prone cat with paws raised in a kung fu movie karate chop stance, arms wrapped around each other’s neck in a headlock.  The problem with these frozen positions is that often the cats fall asleep while holding them and the match ends in a draw.

                The other thing human and cat all-star wrestling have in common is the acrobatic contact moves that look extremely painful but must not be or you’d think they would stop playing.  In this department, the cats fight dirty—body slams onto sleeping or non-attentive victims, leg sweeps, and head punching.  Head punching seems to be their favorite move, but it looks like a horrible ordeal.  To head punch, they headlock each other’s neck with their forearms while repeatedly kicking their opponent's chin with their back legs, like a boxer going at a punching bag. 

                Cat matches end in several ways—mutual naps, human intervention, or one cat simply gets bored and walks away.  For us humans there’s a bit of morbid fascination with the whole show—like watching safari documentaries or “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom.”

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