Cat Finds Himself In An Awkward Situation

This cat? That pipe? The friendly folks who came to the rescue? Nope. Never happened.

Well, that's what this too-curious kitty seems to be thinking, at least. For reasons that aren't entirely clear (as is often the case with cats), the foolhardy feline decided to climb inside a large piece of metal piping on the ground in Shizuishan, China. Getting out, evidently, wasn't so easy.

Only his little head was able to poke through.

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Fortunately for the trapped kitten, his awkward predicament didn't go unnoticed. Indeed, evidence of his graceless ineptitude was on full display, whether he liked it or not.

Yeah, we're guessing not.

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First responders from the local fire department were soon on hand to help. Not wanting to risk injuring the cat by yanking him out, they decided to nudge him back through the other way - even though that meant they'd have to cut into the pipe to ultimately get him out.

So embarrassing.

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We're happy to report that, in the end, all the effort paid off. But as this video of the rescue shows, once the kitten was finally freed, a hearty "thank you" was apparently NOT in order.

Rather than stick around to give his rescuers a head nudge or two, the cat fled the scene in a flash.

But what should he be grateful for, anyway? This never happened, remember?