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[kitz]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnLKKwq6I5A[/youtube]

[Ronski]

That certainly is one smart cat!

[sevenlayermuddle]

 

Not so long ago, I encountered a lone duck at a crossing doing pretty much the same thing.   I wasn't driving and so reached for my phone to film it, but fumbled too long and missed the opportunity.

I suppose somebody'll now come along and upstage the cat and the duck by saying they've seen an actual Zebra crossing? 

[burakkucat]

It looked to be a kuro neko . . . 

[kitz]

Someone else pointed out to me that apparently it isnt that unusual

heres another
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgzg9Co-ODw[/youtube]

[sevenlayermuddle]

I suppose somebody'll now come along and upstage the cat and the duck by saying they've seen an actual Zebra crossing? 

Told you so. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2385203/The-real-life-zebra-crossing-Animal-stands-striped-road-markings-avoid-caught-police.html

Apols, and shame, for linking to the Daily Mail, but they were top hit when I searched for a story.

[kitz]

 

[Weaver]

I wish I could train my cats in road usage. They do not often hunt in the road, and they can hear cars coming from a good way away. But I lost several cats due to road traffic when I was growing up on my parents’ farm on the edge of the Peak District in Staffordshire. I still worry about the road even as remote as we are here in Skye as we do get a few cars at certain times of the day.

[broadstairs]

This sort of thing has been going on for years. As a teenager I lived in a place called Hildenborough where there was a public house opposite a turning and right outside was a zebra crossing, down this road opposite lived a dog who used to visit the pub at lunchtime for half a pint (served in a large ashtray) and this dog used the crossing on his way to and from the pub. Later in the day the dog owner used to visit the same pub for a pint and pay for the dog's drink! Sadly pre-dates YouTube and video cameras by a considerable number of years 

Stuart

[c6em]

Then there was the famous case of the cat getting on the bus into town every day down in Devon... and then doing the return journey.
From back in 2009:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5933325/Pet-cat-catches-the-daily-bus-for-four-years.html
and
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/8174850.stm

[kitz]

^ Amazing.   In the BBC vid, he seemed to know where to get off.  I wonder what made him decide to do an 11 mile journey every day

[burakkucat]

I wonder what made him decide to do an 11 mile journey every day

Perhaps a friendlier fishmonger?   

[phi2008]

There's more footage of the cat after it crossed the road and returned home -

[youtube]BbCj911RIyU[/youtube]

[roseway]

[phi2008]

What's so funny? Haven't you ever forgotten your front door key?