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- And now, here is a cat who thinks it's a human baby. We're sure the cat is doing this voluntarily...
I. AM. DYING. He was playing with the hanging toys and so we decided to put him in it and he just sat there. And loved it.
Posted by Cat Lovers Club on Sunday, January 31, 2016
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