Stray cat breaks into Lynx's enclosure in the zoo, cuteness ensues when the rescued big cat falls head-over-paws for their new fuzzy feline friend

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
Jun 21, 2025 9:00 AM EDT

One of the things we pawsitively love most about cats is that they never fail to surprise you. Fur example, one minute you've searched the entire house and can't find them, then as soon as you give up, they meowgically appear right in front of you on the counter (where they're not supposed to be). They also surprise us with how much they love to make friends with the most random of animals. Cats have been known to adopt otters, sheep, puppies, and now, this stray cat below has adopted a rescue lynx that's living in a zoo.

After sneaking into the lynx's enclosure, everyone got worried. Big cats are still wild, after all. But, the lynx ended up falling head-over-paws for their new fuzzy feline friend, and is obsessed with playing with the kitty and snuggling up next to them. If you were looking for the purrfect heartwarming and awwdorable cat video today, congratulations, you found it! Watch the whole thing below and have a great day!

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    AJ_Crowley_29 This is the cat equivalent of being adopted by a twenty foot tall giant.
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  • We've never seen so many head bumps of love before. It's one of our favorite features of our furbulous felines - the affectionate head bump. We love feeling that awwdorable thud on random parts of our bodies when we're not paying attention to them.

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    My friend has a "pet" lynx. It's so cool! It's not really a pet, it just lives near their house and often sleeps and sunbathes in their back deck. We never try to pet it or anything but it hangs out in the backyard even when we are out there.
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    [deleted] I'd never wanted to be involved in a kitty sandwich so badly
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    Low-Impact3172 I love this. Lynx are one my favorite animals.
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    daughterboy she looks like my ava!
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    Pomegranate Limp9803 I think the cat is the one who got its own pet lynx
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  • Can you imagine befriending a similar species to yourself that is around twenty times larger than you are? That would be like befriending a giant. It sounds terrifying. But the opportunities are limitless.

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    SloppyOtter That's a big kitty
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    markz6197 Lynx looks extremely snuggly and affectionate that the cat has a bit of trouble keeping up.
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    Plastic... It's wild to me how similar house cats and big wild cats are in terms of their behavior
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    Hive MindKing Want to roll around with these two, lynx is a big baby for sur though
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    Red_Alert_Riker Breathtaking. I shall call him, Mini-Me.
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    PM_ME_IMGS_OF_R... It's become more and more common to raise captive larger cats with a companion puppy to help with their nervousness and to be more calm around handlers, byt lynx and bobcats often have an cat instead (often adult as well).
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    danielmzbr Seriously, how do you do that? How people make different animals get along so (seemingly) easily?
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    I'd love to know how to do that, just rescued a kitten with a broken leg and wish he would be friends with my sister's dog...
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