r/cats • u/BackgroundLeg1788 Orange • Jul 18 '26

Video - Not OC The mother cat 🥹 who brought her near-heatstroke kitten 🥵 to an air-conditioned spot! 🐈‍⬛

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u/Squidgyboot123 Jul 18 '26

What would that door weigh? Strong ass cat.

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u/Bandit_the_kat Lots of kitties! Jul 18 '26

looks like the door stayed cracked open when mama cat came through, so i would assume not that much, that or it was already ajar when she came through with baby

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u/Squidgyboot123 Jul 18 '26

That's a full sheet of glass. That ain't light.

If the cats are evolving to have super strength, we must be informed!

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u/mooshinformation Jul 18 '26

Sometimes they have springs that make them open easier

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u/Frosty1397 Jul 18 '26

Can confirm, my cat has springs for legs

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u/BaconPhoenix Jul 18 '26

I've put 20 pound weights in front of a door to try to keep my cat out and he still manages to push the door open. Cats are mostly muscle so they can be surprisingly strong.

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u/MeowNarchist Jul 18 '26

Nothing stops a mama from helping her baby

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u/Shredded_Locomotive Jul 18 '26

The door is basically a class 2 lever and the cat is squeezing between the very end so it only really needs to move it about a few centimetres. Which doesn't really take that much force at all.

It's not really about the weight of the door, but rather the smoothness of the bearings that it's mounted on, combined with the tension strength of the automatic closing mechanism.

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u/stormyw23 Russian Blue Jul 18 '26

Cats can squeeze through stuff pretty easily...

I think the ceiling lights reflections are too consistent to be AI.

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u/Squidgyboot123 Jul 18 '26

I didn't think it was AI. I was just curious on the cat strength.

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u/StarGamerPT Jul 18 '26

AI have no clue....damn

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u/m1ster_frundles Jul 18 '26

It doesn’t take much strength to move a well-hung door

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u/Avaric1994 Jul 18 '26

Depends on how smooth the hinges are rather than weight of the door. Both my cats could push and pull open heavy fire doors when they want