It's Time You Learned About Murder-Mittens
Cats may look soft and harmless, but their claws tell a very different story. That mix of cute and chaotic is exactly why the internet gave them a name like Murder Mittens.
This roundup pulls together Reddit photos of cats and kittens showing off their tiny weapons, from fluffy little troublemakers to full-grown house panthers. The whole thing is equal parts adorable and slightly terrifying, which is probably why the subreddit keeps growing.
Keep scrolling, because these murder mittens get funnier the longer you look.
1. Arya Megatron’s baby murder mittens
2. When the murder mittens aren’t enough
3. When he wants attention he unleashes the claws
The term 'murder-mittens' is a funny way to describe how cats can be sweet one second and a little feral the next.
4. Some serious mittens.
5. I don’t think she likes my hat
6. Cuddle Cats
That’s usually when the claws come out.
7. Ah yes. The deadly grip of the Void itself
8. Chip has some serious mitts
9. I love doing this to my cats
And somehow, people still keep reaching for the paws.
10. also VERY smol
11. Gimme this, or else
12. Like a godly hand
The tiny ones always seem to act the toughest.
13. FEAR ME HOOMANS
14. Cleaning the weapons
15. I’m slightly terrified
That confidence is part of the joke, and part of the danger.
16. How I am greeted when I get home every day
17. Sweet dreams, hooman...
18. Teeniest murder mittens
Even the smallest paws can look surprisingly menacing.
And if you think Arya Megatron’s mittens are intense, meet the “murder mittens” suspects in crime cats caught mid-heist.
19. Just reminding you who the apex predator of the house is
20. he monch
21. Yoshi, the panther
That house-panther energy is very real.
22. Smol floofy murder mitts
23. My foster cat Mars, caught mid-meow.
24. We're All Gonna Die.
It’s hard to stay serious when the face is that cute.
25. lil' murderer
26. very unique
27. I can’t ever go to the bathroom in peace.
Privacy is clearly not part of the deal here.
28. Rescue murder mittens. We pick him up Saturday!
29. He attac
30. When the cat sits above your blanket fort
That is a very bad place to feel safe.
31. He is mine.
32. Wolverine
33. Murderwebs
34. My girlfriend’s roommate has quite a murderous little fellow on her hands
35. As I was leaving work my coworkers told me I had a cat in my trucks engine bay. Meet Fjord the mighty huntress.
36. Showing off the weaponry
37. look out! he’s armed!!
38. action MM's
39. Bebe precioso!!!!!
40. Just reminding you who the apex predator of the house is
41. Caught this motion shot of a ferocious kitten at the shelter the other day.
That’s the whole charm of Murder Mittens, cute face, tiny claws, and just enough menace to make it funny.
These cats may be adorable, but they are definitely not harmless.
After “murder mittens” pictures, see why the odds are low but never zero: cats with claws out.
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