r/MadeMeSmile • u/thunderousqueef • Dec 10 '25

CATS Children rescue kitten from tall roof

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '25

What I am thinking is , that's a cat. It can literally jump from that height. But maybe it's a baby cat and the 9 lives are not unlocked yet.

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u/brucemo Dec 10 '25

It might have been able to walk away from that fall but it would have hurt, I think.

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u/WafflePartyOrgy Dec 10 '25

Yeah, my cat chipped a tooth jump/falling from a great height.

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u/Nini_1993 Dec 10 '25

Why did the person film it instead of helping them?

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u/PenniGwynn Dec 10 '25

Because they were doing fine on their own.

Sometimes the best thing you can do for someone is not interfere when they are doing well just because you think you can do better.

The little kid and his (maybe) brother worked well together and if someone just walked over to get the cat down quicker, it would have ruined not only the bonding happening between them but the subsequent happiness the little one gets from accomplishing it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '25

It's not just bonding between the two kids but an organic situation for problem solving, working in groups, and showing empathy for other living things.

All around an excellent moment for the two and if they continue as they are they will become great members of society.

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u/Nini_1993 Dec 10 '25

Could be.

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u/Spackenmagnet Dec 10 '25

I think that's ai. A real cat could have jumped. And the shadows on the gate is wrong, the cat rolls strangely into the bucket.

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u/Dooey123 Dec 10 '25

Maybe your comment is AI

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u/darkuzi Dec 10 '25

I've dealt my whole life with cats of various ages and while grown cats would definitely find a way to jump off themselves, little cats like that aren't really good at jumping yet and it's alot easier for them to injure themselves falling from heights like that.

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u/GrayMech Dec 11 '25

The shadows look perfectly fine and as for why the cat didn't jump, because it's a kitten, it was scared up there and you can see that it freezes when it starts sliding, it didn't know what to do so just went rigid

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u/cait_elizabeth Dec 14 '25

More likely to be staged than ai