When we think about history and war, rarely do we think about the animals. Deservedly, we talk about the soldiers and the fallen, the events that occurred, but sometimes, the animals have stories of their own. Simon, the HMS Amethyst ship cat, has lived one of the most amazing cat lives and has one of the most incredible stories. Thank you to @garius for putting this story together and sharing it with the world. We hope many more people read it and learn about Simon.
Simon is not the only ship cat out there either, there apparently have been many ship cats adorably sleeping in tiny hammocks throughout history. And other cats throughout history have been captured destroying all of our things. And though, no, none of their stories are quite as amazing as Simon's, we love them all.
We find it funny that the tweet starts with 'sod it', as if you were considering making this list thread for a while and finally decided to do it. It should have been obvious that cat lovers on twitter would jump on the opportunity to read this absolutely amazing cat's story. Again, thank you for putting it together!
Anywhere and at all times throughout history, cats have somehow managed to get humans to fawn over them and take care of them. We are not surprised at this point, honestly. Cats have indeed been the ones to domesticate themselves. Thank goodness this kind person picked up this cat. Without them, this entire story wouldn't have happened.
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