Almost all pet owners tend to think that their pets, whether dogs or cats, are the most intelligent animals in the world. In the case of Benny and Susanne Anguia of Salinas, California, there should be little doubt that they now have a specimen that we should clone to create a super-cat species that will dominate the planet. Little Rayne Bea, a two-year-old Siamese cat, has become an American sensation. She has returned home after traveling the distance between Madrid and Paris.

Don’t disappear. The story begins when Benny and Susanne Anguiano decide to travel more than 1,500 km from their home state of California to camp in the forests of Yellowstone National Park with their two pets, two Siamese siblings, Starr and Rayne Beau. At one point, Rayne Beau wanders into the park and is never seen again. The couple searched the woods near their campsite for five days but were unable to find the 2-year-old cat.

During the search, Mr. Anguiano revealed to American media these days that a camp employee told him that brown bears and coyotes had been seen in the area and that his cat had most likely been dinner for one of the forest predators. . After hearing the horrific story, the man convinced his wife that it was time to go.

Come back home. The news, which no media outlet in the country has been reporting in recent days, turns into melodrama as the family returns to the road after Rayne Beau’s sister Starr meows through the glass door of the trailer all day. “Leaving her was unthinkable,” Ms. Anguiano explained. “I felt like I was abandoning her.”

Miracle. But this is not a melodrama; it is a story that should alarm science. Two months later, and as the family is still trying to get over the loss, something happens that no one can yet explain. Rayne Beau is found wandering the streets of Roseville, California, just three hours north of where the Anguianos live (about 300 km away).

In fact, when a local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals employee informed the couple that rescuers had identified the cat via microchip, Anguiano couldn’t believe it. Could he make it back to California on his own? How did he do it? Consider that the journey from the National Park to Roseville, California, where he was found, was more than 800 miles (1,448 km) and would take him through four states, through mountainous and desert terrain.

A “cat dog”. The couple have been giving interviews on TV and in the media for the past three days. It seems they met Rayne Beau and her sister when she was 11 weeks old. They decided to adopt her. At first, Rayne Beau seemed shy compared to her sister, but she quickly adapted to her new home and developed what they call an “adventurous streak”. In fact, Susanne described her as a “cat dog” who loves to play fetch and comes to her when she calls her name. She is an extremely intelligent cat, according to her. Only in this case, it is 100% real.

However, as much as we’d like to think that Rayne Beau is some kind of super cat, there must be some details we’re missing. Despite the creature losing 40 percent of its body weight, it’s possible, though not certain, that it was either taken into a vehicle at some point or picked up by a driver on its way to California as part of the journey. In fact, the couple are hoping someone can identify their cat and help explain how it did it.

Other super animal cases. The truth is that the cat’s story, while amazing, is not unusual. We’ve covered similar cases a few years ago, such as the dog who walked 20 kilometres to swim 10 kilometres home, or the 10-month-old German shepherd who fell off a boat and swam to find his owner, or even the story of pet Rylee who swam 386 kilometres along the coast of Britain to get home.

There’s more. Murphy “knocked” on his owner’s door two years after he went missing. Petunia must have had a wonderful “adventure” after her owners lost her in 2003 and found her 2,500 miles from home in 2011. Or farmer Bucky, who found his home after traveling 300 miles.

All the wonderful cases, the super creatures that we have to keep in formaldehyde to create a future super army, but none of them are like the “damned” Rayne Beau. He can travel the distance between Madrid and Paris or London and Rome and live to tell the tale.

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