No cat in the history of cats has ever swam out to sea and caught their own tuna. No member of family felidae, extant or extinct, has ever achieved that.

[–] Asidonhopo@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ummmmm, sea lion

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

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...Fearsome predator.

[–] lath@piefed.social 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Outer sea yes, on shores, debatable. Some felines are known to go for a dip now and again. Are tuna known for coming close to land?

[–] dewritoninja@pawb.social 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Have you seen how big is a tuna? I think. A tuna has a better chan6ge of eating a cat if it gets too close

[–] Tetsuo@jlai.lu 1 points 2 months ago

But a wild cat wouldn't attack a full grown tuna. As any predator in the wild they would go for the baby tuna.

[–] night_petal@piefed.social 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Tuna are deep sea creatures. There is, however, a good chance that at one point many washed ashore dead, allowing the cats to develop a taste for them.

[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Did you mean "open ocean creatures"? While tuna can dive 500-1000 meters, and while technically "deep sea" refers to >200 meters, I generally consider "deep sea creatures" to be those that live primarily/exclusively in environments with no light and high pressure, like on the sea floor (~3500m) or in trenches (down to ~11,000m).

But I could be wrong! Maybe a marine biologist or oceanographer can clarify? (Lemmy needs a Unidan, minus the ego and voting fraud.)

Either way, zero overlap with any feline habitats.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Tuna are giant fish that live far off shore. Cats are known to fish but they won't land a tuna any more than a dolphin.