Tabby cat saves Australian family.

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An alert tabby cat saved an Australian family of four from a house fire by clawing at its owner's face, emergency officials said Friday.

Timmy the tabby sprang into action by waking his unidentified owner when a mattress caught fire as the family slept early Friday in Cairns in Australia's tropical north.

"The cat was probably the best smoke alarm system ... it was clawing at the occupant's face and got him up and out of bed," Cairns fire service spokesman Robert White-Macfarlane told reporters.

Cute cat-click on the link and see

 

[mehastings]

Wow, what an interesting story. Cats don't generally bother with waking the family. They generally get as low as possible and save themselves.

Cute cat...

It looks smushed!

 

[ValkyrieRaven88]

My friend has a cat like that. It has a mis-shapen jaw as well and its fangs stick out and it looks kind of ominous. Some of our other friends are convinced that the cat is Hitler.