Radamenes: The Cat Who Takes Care Of Other Animals
His name is Radamenes and he is a cat who loves to take care of other animals, like a good veterinarian.
He lives in Poland and with his sympathetic attitude towards other sick four-legged friends he has drawn attention to himself. Our caring nurse lives in an animal shelter.
Those who work at the shelter claim that his protective instinct was born after a long and complicated period of illness, during which the cat was in danger of dying. His former owners had delivered him to the shelter in poor health, with a severe respiratory infection.
His situation was so desperate that the vets had decided to put him in solitary confinement, to avoid further worsening of the disease.
Once recovered, the cat showed a great desire to collaborate with the rest of the staff and to take care of the animals of the center that was nothing short of amazing.
In particular, Radamenes likes to take care of convalescent animals, those that have just undergone an operation. How does it do this? He lies down on the weakened animal to warm and comfort it, massages and cleans it by licking it and sleeps next to him to keep him company.
Someone has come up with an ancient belief, well known to cat lovers, that considers cats capable of transforming or absorbing negative energy.
Solidarity in the animal world
The existence of mutual help between animals of the same species and not is known : wolves, during the hunt, are divided into two groups: while one chases the prey, the other tries to block its way. This teamwork obeys an instinct for planned coordination and mutual help.
Pelicans, when they fish in very deep waters, form a circle that gradually narrows; in this way they lead the fish to the center of the circle and, in the end, each pelican catches one.
Instead, between different species, zebras and gazelles often unite with ostriches for a form of joint defense. Mutual help is clear: the ostrich has excellent eyesight and the gazelle contributes its sense of smell and fine hearing.
Again, when common sparrows encounter an owl, they scream in fear in order to alert the other birds. Instead of fleeing, they rush to the spot and the huntress sees herself surrounded by birds that reveal her presence, preventing him from hunting.
Help for companions in need
Just like the veterinary cat Radamenes, elephants and monkeys also stay close to their injured companions. Many hunters have repeatedly observed how elephants encourage companions who have been hit, protecting them and trying to get them to stand up with their trunk.
Monkeys, when forced to flee for any reason, always try to take away the other injured monkeys.
In the case of monkeys, solidarity is even stronger. They take care of each other, take off each other’s thorns and splinters. In this regard, an experiment was conducted: two chimpanzees were introduced into two separate cages. Food was given to only one of the two. The chimpanzee without food began “begging”, holding out his hand to the neighbor.
The luckiest chimp has taken on various attitudes. He often shared food with his cage neighbor, at times he showed indifference, in some cases he even felt threatened.
However, statistically, more than half of the times the chimpanzee begged, it got what it asked for. In several cases the chimpanzee who was given the food offered it spontaneously, without being asked.
Finally, dolphins live in large flocks and their propensity for social relationships is known. When a young is born, the other females surround the mother in order to protect her from the sharks and the cub is quickly brought to the surface to breathe.
