A video of a cat’s ingenious method of crossing a snowy roof without getting his paws wet or cold has became a hit among viewers.
One outdoor cat named Simpson enjoys traveling from neighbor to neighbor across linked roofs in Amsterdam, the Netherlands—as does the cat next door. Both owners know this and leave their windows open so that their pets can go back and forth.
Normally Simpson is free to run along the rooftops as quickly—and comfortably—as he likes. But when the temperature dropped and snow started collecting, the tuxedo cat was faced with a dilemma: walk on the hateful freezing snow or stay put.
But then Simpson figured out a clever tactic. Rather than submit a paw to the icy wetness, the puss shrewdly selected areas free from snow that so he could still waddle wide-legged along the roof, straddling the gutter.
Ungainly it may have been—and taken him twice as long—but it got him to his intended destination without getting his paws wet.
Simpson’s owner filmed his genius method and posted it under the user name H3000 to the subreddit channel r/cats on November 28, where the video amassed over 46,000 views and nearly 400 comments within five days.
People immediately fell in love with Simpson and his “spider cat” antics.
Watch this funny moment in the video below!
“That boy is silly! Lots of work to keep those paws warm and dry. He is lovely though,” said a viewer.
Another added: “Simpson is practicing to try out for Cirque du Soleil.”
A third person joked: “I can almost hear the ‘Mission: Impossible’ theme music watching this.”
The owner added: “My neighbor and I have similar attic homes and are separated by this gutter. We just open our windows and our cats go back and forth between our houses all the time. In fact I have a video of her orange cat doing the same exact thing Simpson is doing!”
They may be putting in twice the effort, but at least their toes are staying warm!
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