The Internet loves scaring your favorite feline friends with cucumbers - or, at least, watching videos of other people scaring their fur companions with cucumbers.

The video compilation show people placing cucumbers behind unsuspecting cats that are usually eating food out of a bowl. The cats then turn around and jump into the air when they spot the fruit (and yes, cucumbers are technically fruit).

It’s easy to understand why people find this so funny. The thought of any creature, be it a dog or a cat being this startled by an object as harmless as a cucumber is patently ridiculous.

Maybe it's the color? The size? or the smell? Nobody knows for sure.

Check out the hilarious video below.