Forget the mystery of why cats are afraid cucumbers. There’s a much more pressing ‘animals being scared of things’ issue at hand.
Because it turns out that pugs have one great weakness. Something that fills their hearts with fear and their faces with ‘DEAR GOD GET THAT THING AWAY FROM ME’.
Giraffes. Pugs are scared of giraffes.
More specifically, tiny squeaky toy giraffes.
This important discovery was brought to light by Adeline Garrett, who shared her dog Pippin’s reaction to his new giraffe toy.