---
title: "Here’s How Much Your Pet Cat Kills (infographic)"
description: "Do you know who The Oatmeal is? If not, let me introduce you. The site is managed by Matthew Inman of Exploding Kittens fame (no. He didn't explode real kittens. Just click the link). He draws comics. Sometimes, the comics are about sciencey things. Since this is a science site, the comic here is (obviously) a science..."
date: "2015-04-12"
modified: "2015-04-12"
authors:
  - name: "Jolene Creighton"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jolene-creighton"
url: "https://futurism.com/heres-how-much-your-pet-cat-kills-infographic"
categories:
  - "From Quarks to Quasars"
---

# Here’s How Much Your Pet Cat Kills (infographic)

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Do you know who The Oatmeal is? If not, let me introduce you. The site is managed by [Matthew Inman](<http://theoatmeal.com/pages/about>) of [Exploding Kittens ](<https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elanlee/exploding-kittens?ref=video>)fame (no. He didn't explode real kittens. Just click the link). He draws comics. Sometimes, the comics are about sciencey things. Since this is a science site, the comic here is (obviously) a science one.

It's about cats. And how much cats murder.

In short, the university of Georgia and National Geographic conducted a study in which they attached small cameras to cats that were pets that lived both inside and outside. Then, they analyzed the videos in order to see how often the average pet cat kills...

[![cats kill comic](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cats-kill-comis.png>)](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cats-kill-comis.png>)

[![cats 2](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cats-2.png>)](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cats-2.png>)

[![3](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/3.png>)](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/3.png>)

[![4](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4.png>)](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4.png>)

[![The Oatmeal](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/5.jpg>)](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/5.jpg>)
*The Oatmeal*

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