20 Photos Of Cats Getting Mildly Yet Hilariously Startled By Literally Nothing At All

For beings that are so curious and so brave, cats… cats are also incredibly easily startled. If you're a cat owner, you know that. If there is something spooky going on, your cat will have one of two reactions. Either your cat will gear up and get ready to battle or your cat will run and hide and act like the world is ending. Cats get startled by the silliest things, and even though a part of us feels bad for them, the other - much bigger - part of us can't stop laughing.

Hey, it's impawssible not to laugh when your cats get spooked by completely non-scary things or when cats inadvertently swat unknown objects towards themselves and then freak the heck out. It's pretty much your job as a cat owner to laugh at them when that happens.

01
"he gasp"

via @friendly.noodles

Oh, Noodle. Noodle is - if you didn't know yet - a cat who is constantly and consistently spooked by literally nothing. Or at least, to us, it looks like nothing. Our guess is that Noodle is actually able to see another dimension, and whatever is going on there is so much worse than what's going on here that he just cannot help but be shocked by it literally every second of every day.
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02
"Someone was walking outside my apartment"

via u/Kalmia-latifolia

It's funny when our cats do that, yes, but honestly, we can't even judge them. When someone unknown passes outside of our apartment, our hackles go up right along with our cat's. Never hurts to be vigilant, right? …Right?
03
"The heater made a sound. Apparently it was terrifying"

via u/SummerOfMayhem
04
"Tuna, having his hourly existential crisis"

via u/schrodingers_orifice
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05
"I held up a coat hanger"

via u/thisotterbefun
06
"After a slight rustling of notebook paper"

via u/Vaporwave69
07
"Someone was using a weed wacker outside."

via u/yugoghoul
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08
"He looks startled 50% of the time"

via u/giving_terry
09
"Jack saw a fly that he wanted to catch"

via u/TrueCrimeRunner92
10
"I came around the corner absolutely vibing to Britney Spears, and she is apparently not a fan."

via u/The_Kendragon
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11
"Someone turned the blender on"

via u/potatonator
12
"I don’t remember the context of this pic, but I probably just breathed in deeply and this was her reaction"

via u/noputa
13
"Tima is always startled. He has they eyes of an [owl]"

via u/Xtasy0178
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14
"She got spooked"

via u/SavagePotatoCat
15
"The apartment building has a jackhammer going"

via u/ThairsQinan
16
"Bib begged to go outside before remembering how Texas Summers feel"

via u/SleepingLesson
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17
"People Were Walking Outside"

via u/DragonfireEsq
18
"I was eating an extra strong halls drop and blew in his direction T.T"

via u/sHIKIY
19
"The bathroom fan turned on"

via u/kunteper
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20
"His sister ran by with his toy."

via u/womIntrovert84