Garfield by Jim Davis for April 13, 2023

No thanks. I’ll stick with a pizza buffet.

Garfield, does that even include — oh, I don’t know — skunk, opossum, raccoon, muskrat, bear, and even cougar?

I can’t recall the last time Garfield ate anything which didn’t come by dialing the phone. It probably never happened.

Aaaahhh yes, to get a cat’s attention, is through his stomach, ye ol’ cliché.

Among some of the things that bears do in the woods, they view campers sleeping in sleeping bags as the soft tacos of “Nature’s Buffet.”

Just like garfield making nature and animals all about a buffet

Birds, yes, but I never knew Garfield for having a taste for rabbit and chipmunk.

But Garfield, you don’t strike me as much of a hunter. Jon makes it easy for you with his canned food.;-D

There’s a cat in the kettle at the Peking Moon.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2t1s1r

anything that doesn’t try to eat him first…

As if he could catch any of them.

An ideal buffet for a cat.

And don’t forget all those edible plants. Those dandelions coming up now are reported to have tender leaves that are good in salads and stews.

The local coyotes would call you “lunch”.

Hummingbirds: taste like chicken.

I wonder what a restaurant called “Nature’s Buffet” would taste like?

I guess Garfield also loves snakes (since they also live in the forest)

Is Garfield gonna eat those animals?

Oh come on Garfield, since when have you wanted to chase and eat rabbits or chipmunks?

Studies have shown that cats kill 2.4 billions songbirds in the U.S. annually. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists domestic cats as one of the world’s worst non-native invasive species. Don’t let your cats outside.

Garfield hasn’t realized that when he’s in the forest he’s on the menu too.

Garfield has no problem with eating birds, rabbits, and squirrels, yet he refuses to eat mice, which can also be found out in the wild. Pretty hypocritical if you ask me.

As if Garfield would ever summon enough energy to hunt anything other than lasagna.

You mean “Garfield’s buffet”?

Killer whales rip open the bellies of sharks to snag the liver. Other predators also have dietary preferences for organs, brains and additional rich body parts.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-killer-whales-rip-out-shark-livers/

I’d call it more like fast food

Wait until he realizes that coyotes, bobcats, hawks and great horned owls like eating house cats.

I like Garfield, but this isn’t even a bit funny. Cats kill songbirds, which is why the only songbird that still shows up around here is the mockingbird, and they’re mean and aggressive and hate cats. Cats do kill mice and rats, which is good—granted—but it’s better to keep cats indoors and spayed and neutered. (Coyotes and foxes love kitty meat, as it happens, another reason to keep your Garfield indoors.)

C’mon Garfie, you wouldn’t eat all those wonderful God’s creatures, would you?…

(admires artwork of this cartoon (including its combination of colors))

“OR, AS I LIKE TO CALL THEM, ’NATURE’S BUFFET’ "

(disagrees with this part of the dialogue of this cartoon)

Depends on what the “Cougar” looks like.

yea, I wish the local wild cat would get the squirrels.

if you ever MANAGE to catch one…

But doesn’t Garfield prefer human food? Pizza, lasagna, etc..

I’ve seen the “nature’s buffet” gag before. Is this a reprint or a recycle?

Like he could catch a hummingbird.

About the only buffet restaurant the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t shut down.