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CATcat.
Stray cat sneaks into zoo enclosure.
St. Petersburg Zoo, Russia.
Source & Video
http://lovemeow.com/2014/06/cat-and-lynx-become-inseparable-friends/
crossfitjunkie
That head butt!
iampurplelungs
Cats are just tiny lions
ChristineHMcConnell
I wonder how many stray cats have been eaten at the zoo before this one won the lottery :)
webimgur
Many, many, likely.
SubzeroAK
Oh sure, but when I sneak in I get arrested for letting the deer lick my genitals.
Candymostdandy
ireya
I don't know why but this really freaks me out and makes my eyes water lol
AttilaTheChris
the link has the word HATE in it. that's sad
thepeacefrog
Zoos make me sad, but this makes me happy.
ScientistIam
In wild, live short life of stress and fear. In zoo get 3 squares, meds, shelter, security, min. stress. Life is x 2 long, happy, safe.
YouCantKeepJetpackingAwayFromYourProblemsBrian
Watched the video and think it's so cute how cats lick each other to show affection. I should start doing that with all MY friends, too!
LADASIAGRIFFIN
...........
Swiggy1957
You'll need a licker license to do that.
LabyrinthCharm
My friends aren't fans. They scream that they now smell like spit. It's not fair really.
ScientistIam
Preferably if you are a female. Male licking of friends is currently seen as a socially unacceptable trait in most circles. Gays excepted.
YouCantKeepJetpackingAwayFromYourProblemsBrian
Plot twist: I have no friends.
ScientistIam
No twist, in fact understandable and accepted.
sufferinsuccotash
I hope they let him keep it <3
TheOneTrueCripple
The zoo actually adopted the stray so that the two of them could stay friends.
DarkCrawler901
The zoo adopted the cat.
sufferinsuccotash
yay!!
LadyWidebottom
"They have been inseparable since. Now they are living together at the Zoo." - from the article.
CarpeTiger
"We are catbros now."
butters31
Plot twist: the stray cat is the lynx.
Warranty
The Lynx probably thinks it's a weird kitten.
Erotes
OMFG head butts for trust! http://imgur.com/4pO9yna
bingokongen
Erotes
What the hell is wrong with Pepe?!?! He clearly gave Müller a concussion!!!
WillJeSuis
malachitedragon
Commentin' to use this. I love this movie.
Erotes
I now realize that saying that out loud in my head it sounds like "Head Butts for Trust", sounds like "Turn Down for What?"
HeistheZissou
Turn down for Jesus.
justadogchasingcars
No
BlacklightShining
HEAD BUTTS FOR TRUST *drop*
BlacklightShining
This song is now stuck in my head.
beggingyourmajestyspardon
I shall call him...Mini me
hannibal1barca
i'm not comfortable with this interracial stuff guys, tone it down
DemonicKat33
*interspecies
wowTheUsernameWasAlreadyTaken
OK THIS IS SUPEEEER CUTE <3
jennidy
I always upvote headbutts
AttilaTheChris
I was too lazy to find a gif of Pepe headbutting Mueller. But I'm sure it's out there.
MsRedtail
Now add a cardboard box to the mix.
iwouldliveinsaltforyou
cats gonna cat
graehall
MY FUCKING OVARIES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctarXVlDtXQ - how did you do this to me?!
WillJeSuis
CosmicCabby
Even cats need cats
CertifiedPreOwnedButtPlug
I wish my cats got along half this well...
kahnga
This is digustingly cute take my upvote, I'm going to go let loose the butterflies you've planted in my stomach a la rainbow vomit now.
couchesareplaceswhereiputmybutt
"Dude, we're so soft"
textilelover
aaaaw. Poor lynx was so lonely and bored. He got a friend!!
hackz22
and then he ate him
chad599
And if he gets tired of this couch hopper, he can eat him.
lordsmish
Yay for the circle of life
girlfiend
If I wasn't worried about the kittehs I would say every lonely zoo cat should get a little domestic cat for company!
CerebrawlHemmorage
Wild lynx are known to kill domestic cats, so this is a bit unusual.
VEpsilon
Now they're gonna take it away...
WowSoSparkly
Apparently stray dude needed some lovin' too. Damn them feels.
DatAssterisk
Woah, keep those feels to yourself! The floor is getting all soggy over here.
OnceUponaLittleWhovian
Stray lady*
WowSoSparkly
Apologies to stray Ms Kitty. The lynx is a lady too, right? Daaaw.
OnceUponaLittleWhovian
I don't know about the lynx, I can only tell the (probable) gender of calico kitties.
Notcleverenoughtocomeupwithsomething1
They found love in a hopeless place.
regularmatt
I always upvote that awful, awful song. ;)
YouBannedMeForNothing
2deep4me
LosPer
Only a few places worse than a zoo in Russia....
AttilaTheChris
But, conveniently, those places are still in Russia.
VilanoLux
Only in Russia
RollerCoasterQueen
I'M RELEVANT. THIS NEVER HAPPENS TO ME OH SWEET RELEVANCY. Wow, relevance and my cake day. Awesome!
Delsonora
For your cake day, I give you an imaginary point :)
raudssus
EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!!!
RollerCoasterQueen
LAAAAAAAA LALALA ALAAAAA
nomisgnos
Don't be fooled Lynx, he's there to eat your food.
Spazgost
You can't fool a lynx.
TwoDogsFucking
Don't be fooled cat, he's there to eat you.
pumpernicklelel
Don't be fooled Lynx, he is your food.
NekoMiko06
That's the browser I'm using now!
Ihavewaytoomanyfavoritestosort
*she, all calico cats are female
ProbablyCrazier
+1 for science.
Snoweh
My friend has a male calico and he is not sterile before you ask.
horseslaughter
Hey! Friendly reminder to use gender neutral language when referring to animals as they cannot communicate their preferred pronouns.
Ihavewaytoomanyfavoritestosort
I get that reference XD
BerwynBrewyn
That cat must be pretty good at stealing food because for a stray he's pretty fat.
evilkittie
as you can see the cat is a master thief
plsnoolives
He eats Big Cat food now.
RichPea777
hahaha
DarkCrawler901
the source link says that is exactly the reason why it snuck into the enclosure in the first place
xenathewarriorprincesswashot
Source also mentions that if he keeps doing that he will become the food?
Cutsforhugs
All it said is that the Lynx didn't mind it at all, and that they have become inseparable, so they adopted the cat to stay with the Lynx.
DarkCrawler901
Warning, if you are addicted to cute cat stories DO NOT CLICK THAT SOURCE LINK
fedillan
to late, clicked it, i regret nothing!!!
fartInspector
fuck i clicked it
Retardedseizure
Me too. I just spent the last three hours eating up all the kitty love. It's now 3am -_____-
ivyroyalhouse
I read this comment too late. Farewell, my imgurians. The cute cat story site has claimed me.
Candymostdandy
You are an enabler!
ninmonkey
NSFL , death by aww.
whoviantrekkie
Damn it, OP!
iamgrr
Ugh. Is that from the new Judge Dredd?
Therm
No, that's from the old one. The one that sucked.
Kinderschlager
no, new one woulda just blown your brains out
Legovil
No, the new one is good huehue. Not that I remember anyway
bananabiscuit
Why, tell me what I'll find so I don't click it. Don't you know curiousity killed the cat.
Cutsforhugs
The cat was a stray, abandoned. And found herself a way into the lynx' enclosure, and the Lynx didn't mind sharing its food with him/her.
LADASIAGRIFFIN
if there was ever a time to be done...it would be now.
hermionejeangrangerweasley
I sent it to a friend who was down. Thanks!
DeadGirlSuperstar
Crap.
MollyNapQueen
I clicked anyway.
lavendula13
An addict seldom says no; the clue is in the word 'addict'. Oh, well, it could be heroin.
GoddammitMrNoodle
AWWWWWWWW.... (actually I'm glad.. there are day's I will need that site)
LADASIAGRIFFIN
don't tell me how to live mah life!!!
HistoryRules
catropolis oh good god
ThereseDidelot
Thank you.
Onlyhereforthelaughs
I'm quite concerned this will end like those lions and the gazelle thingy...
ElegantKitty
I gasped. Thank you for sharing this. >3
ziggypiggy
If you say I shouldn't click that link, I'm going to click that link.
IKnowWhatsInPandorasBox
Too late... guess I know what my day will look like
RobotOnFire
I freaked out thinking the lynx killed the cat or something, I am an idiot.
SnugglesMcgee
Not until he's won his trust..then he shall strike at midnight...
JamMasterBox
Are we talking about the lynx or the cat?
SnugglesMcgee
why do you think the cat went in there?
robincat
Omg me too I had to read that comment twice lol
eddiewardo
I didn't watch it because i thought thats where it went. Can you tell me what it is so i don't have to watch it?
RobotOnFire
It's just them chilling out. OP meant it as a joke that addicts shouldn't click the link because its a cute cat story.
FerricNitrate
Calico kitty snuck into the Lynx's enclosure for food, they became best buddies and the zoo adopted the kitty (nobody got eaten)
quasiix
THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH WARNING! RESTRAINTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED. THERE ARE NON-CAT RELATED THINGS I NEED TO DO DAMN IT!
fallenangel1001
...........Too late
MrLawrenceLady
Jesus Christ...why does the music have to be so SAD?!
LazyMoonshiner
It still trips me out at how much bigger feral cats act the same as domestic cats.
veronicamarsdestroyerofworlds
It makes me really want a pet tiger, until I remember the way house cats will scratch the shit out of you for, like, no reason.
thebeerbabe
There's a fun science book you might want to read - it's actually called "Shrinking the Cat" by Sue Hubble.
wearymalaise
A kitty's a kitty no matter how big!
thebjornsson
feathers on a stick, works for all sizes:
Flucksy
That hangtime, goddamn
totallymyfirstrodeo
I've observed a lot of African lions in the wild. (Biology is the best career!) The "cat flop" is universal. So is getting stuck in trees.
RichardJohnsonTallywhacker
Unlike dogs, we didn't domesticate cats. They just moved in with us for all the free food.
irpilot
Fell asleep hunting one time and woke up with a bobcat kitten a short distance away from me meowing and purring while chasing butterflies.
moustacheaquestion
Yup, and the fact that big cats love boxes just as much as house cats proves it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J11uu8L8FTY&feature=kp
killerfirefly
tells you how domesticated cats really are doesn't it.
frostwarrior
WhyShouldILoveYou
if I fits.... I sits.
WhereLBJsNutsHang
Or rather how much our domestic house cats act like their feral brethren.
NoiceSmart
I think they're #1 on the 'domesticated animals closest to their wild brothers' list. i have to find that source.
scabab
wild cat species are not feral. the small cat here might be feral.
WhereLBJsNutsHang
Most likely is. And for lack of better terminology I chose feral.
MrBananaBeak
"wild"
WhereLBJsNutsHang
And I suppose YOU'VE never blanked out and had a "brain-fart"?
That1guy96
That username tho...
WhereLBJsNutsHang
The link to WHY is on my profile. Enjoy.
DarkCrawler901
Cats never really stop being smaller big cats. One of our cats was lost for close to a year, came back one day like nuthin' happened
snowy549
HOW did it know how to return? Did you ever figure out where it had been?
HisVirusness
Same thing happened when I was a kid. We had a cat who disappeared for months, came back with a new scar, drank some water and fell asleep.
Flucksy
We had about 17 cats at one point when I was a kid. Strays would show up, eat and stick around forever. Sorry, we probably fed your cat...
DarkCrawler901
Like wtf did it do for a year?!
magicbadger
whatever the hell he wanted, it sounds like. it probably made a decent netflix adventure movie id say, 7/10 -ign
supersquashman
Killed literall everything it could get its tiny paws on?
ProbablyCrazier
Kittyn13
Just want to clarify the term 'feral'. Feral refers to a domesticated species that is born/raised wild. Big Cats are WILD, not feral.
xRAINxOFxBLOODx
Most are even affected by catnip. Tigers aren't though (they're kinda oddballs.)
IHaveAPhrasalUserNameLikeThisOneCauseTheyAlwaysGetTheTopComment
I know right, I was like 'Is that a kitten next to a mature cat, or what?'
GasBandit
I've heard it said we didn't domesticate cats, we just bred them smaller until they were too small to eat us.
heartshapedhole
Yeah, except they are way more physically needy than even a dog and will jealously attack your friends in the face. That house cat?LifeOVER.
scabab
A feral cat is a domesticated (bred) cat which has then gone stray/wild. Wild cats are not feral.
TrustMeIdoThisForALiving
http://graphicashen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/mind-blown.jpg
arsone
so pretty much nothing we're talking about qualifies as "feral" what with the whole raised in captivity situation
scabab
If the lynx escaped you could MAYBE call it feral (iffy). The cat is kind of feral because a zoo isn't its domestic scenario (also iffy).
Korejora
Feral also just means wild. Originally it wasn't even a term for domesticated animals born in the wild.
thebirdgirl
Thanks for the correction - this one of my biggest vocabulary pet peeves.
iwenttocollegeforthis
I see what you did there.
LazyMoonshiner
Oh. My bad. But you still get my point.
MrFastZombie
But how does this help with the statement?
MJFswish
^^presses glasses firmly against bridge of nose
Dmastin
nice.
llli
fe·ral adjective \ˈfir-əl, ˈfer-; ˈfe-rəl\ : of, relating to, or resembling a wild beast
totallymyfirstrodeo
This is a good example of how the scientific definition of a word can be so different from the "casual" definition. Pretty cool stuff!
scabab
shut the fuck up. Selectively pick the least descriptive, most irrelevant definition you can find in order to be contrary? Just google it.
llli
Wikipedia is not infallible.
llli
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/feral
scabab
"having reverted to the wild state, as from domestication: a pack of feral dogs roaming the woods."
llli
Just google it.
llli
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/feral
scabab
1. "...esp after being domestic or cultivated"
llli
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/feral
scabab
"b. Having returned to an untamed state from domestication."
llli
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feral
scabab
"—used to describe an animal (such as a cat or dog) that has escaped and become wild"
llli
No. Words have more than one definition. Don't tell people they're wrong when they're using a different but correct definition.
scabab
sure, but which definition applies here? wild, ferocious and brutish? or about animals being neither domestic nor wild? use common sense!
scabab
I mean do you honestly think OP meant to describe the lynx as "savage and brutish?". Use your fucking brain.
sometimescoffeetastesliketuna
It's because cats are one of the few species that chose to be domesticated. They chose to associate themselves with humans.
snowy549
Amen!
JemimasWitnessss
That's because "domestic" cats are not really domestic. They are still natural predators and can digest raw meat unlike dogs.
HLeQuin
Actually only mostly true if they're given meat from the start, otherwise: Barf on all the things!
sharpe0
UNG UNG UNG UNG UNG.... *blarrrgh*
HLeQuin
This is such a good onomatopoeia!
theMightyPlatypus
the cat kings are the same way. sitting in boxes, pouncing, all the cat things
BloodRaptorX
ALL the cat things.
spiketherapper
#JustCatThings
Shoelebubba
House cats are basically the same, except smaller. Scale one up to lion size and it would likely maul you to death.
doyouwannabuildasnowman
People talk about their cats being evil, but my 4-year-old lady had never ever hurt me until last month. I was playing with her with 1/
doyouwannabuildasnowman
my hand under a thin blanket, and she was tackling it. Her claw went into the blanket and found my hand. She seemed genuinely sorry, 2/
doyouwannabuildasnowman
stopped playing, licked my hand, and walked around me meowing until I picked her up and soothed her. 3/3
CrystalGraves
My cat bites me daily.... but only when I pet him.. never stops purring... sadistic bastard!
doyouwannabuildasnowman
Does he bite for real? My other cat just kinda bats her teeth against my hand when she's done with the petting.
CrystalGraves
Well it's somewhere in between "real" and "I just need to set my teeth on you"... it friggin hurts! He only does it softly when I'm sick...