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purplesaline:jenniferrpovey:goaliesarethebest:pon-raul:wewill-tryagain:dendritic-trees:booty-uprooter:asryakino:srsfunny:Masha The HeroThey forgot the part where the ambulance actually stopped to let the cat inoh good I was worriedWhat a good cat. What a kind cat. How can anyone not love cats they are so good and loving.they also forgot the part where they only found the baby because masha was screaming her head off bc she knew this baby was in danger. she went around outside the alley the next morning and yelled at passerby until she got one to follow her to the baby. she kept him warm all night and then made sure someone found him. she was adopted after this bc she was a stray and is in a loving home and is a heroHero catThank you, Masha, you’re such a good girl.See.Kittens can’t regulate their own body temperature. That’s why they pile up.Cats see us as colony members.Masha saw a kitten that was on its own, no mommy, no other kittens to cuddle with. She instinctively knew that was a cold kitten. She knew that a kitten alone on a cold night was very likely to die. Because a kitten would have died too.So, all she was doing was what any good colony member does - protecting the abandoned kitten. Then when the abandoned kitten’s mommy didn’t come back, she called the rest of the colony for help.People have this bizarre idea that housecats don’t have a social sense. They do, and it saved this kid’s life. And possibly Masha’s too, as life on the streets is dangerous for a kitty.We say “good dog” all the time, but Masha was being a very, very good cat…not just by human moral standards but by feline ones.Okay but it’s even better because adult cats don’t meow at each other. That’s a vocalization they’ve specifically adopted to communicate with people. Masha didn’t just see a kitten and save it, she knew it was a human baby and protected it until she could ask other humans if they knew where this one’s mother was (cats will attempt to find the mother of an unattended litter of kittens and if the mother can’t be found will usually care for them as best they can themselves).Cats in colonies are also communal caregivers so when the medics took the human kitten Masha was basically running after them going “Hey! Don’t forget me! He needs his Aunt Masha!”Animals that will care for members of another species despite understanding they’re a different species are amazing. -- source link