When a fire broke out downstairs, Zoe went up to the bedroom on the first floor and clawed Christina until she woke up. Rather than ignoring her cat, she went to see what was happening and discovered the fire. In alerting Christina, Zoe had given the Fackwell family a precious few minutes in which to escape, thus certainly saving their lives. We are fools to ignore them. Whether we attribute this special power to hyper-sensitive hearing or a psychic ability, there is one thing that is certain.
Cats have a remarkable affinity with their human owners.
And yet as we have seen, cats will endanger themselves to help out a beloved family, or will put themselves through great hardship to be reunited once more with those they hold dear. Cats earned their respect. It's probably because the tap water smells less of chemicals when it's moving, than it's still. Kittens that are bottle fed by humans often knead their clothes as they suck, as they would knead their mothers tummy, then, as adults, they will suck at clothes. Cats are expert manipulators.