Pet King

eas to catch turtles! What is there to be scared of? ”

Sihwa was very confused.
She could only somewhat understand its words.
She pointed at its claws and said, ”I ’m not clear about going up to the nine skies to pluck the moon, but your claws don ’t look like they can go down the five seas to catch turtles! If you enter the five seas, you could be eaten by turtles. ”

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Vladimir laughed loudly.
”What you said is right.
I really cannot go down the five seas to catch turtles, but perhaps other cats can.
All cats under the sky are family, and I don ’t need to do everything by myself. ”

Sihwa ’s brain was quite simple, and she was insistently picking on its words and not letting go.
”Anyway, the sea belongs to the fish.
No cat can go down the five seas to catch turtles! ”

”Actually, that ’s not accurate, ” Zhang Zian interjected.
”It ’s true that most cats are afraid of water and hate getting wet, but as far as I know, there is a kind of cat that likes water.
It feeds on fish almost every day. ”

”Ah? Such a cat exists? ” Sihwa was shocked, but at the same time, she was glad that Fina was not the kind of cat Zhang Zian was talking about.

Actually, Vladimir was also very curious.
What it said about going down the five seas to catch turtles was just rhetoric.
It did not think that there were really cats that went into the water to catch fish.

Zhang Zian said, ”That kind of cat is a very rare Turkish Van cat.
It is said that it only lives near the Van Lake in eastern Turkey.
It fishes in the lake for its livelihood.
There are fewer than 100 cats left.
It is even nicknamed the ’swimming cat ’ because of its proficiency in swimming.
When people talk about high-priced cats, they often think of cats such as the Serval cat, Ashera cat, and Savannah cats.
Rich people also take pride in raising these cats, but in fact, the price of these cats is far less than that of the Van Cats, which are a Turkish national treasure.
Van cats cost millions of dollars and are priceless.
The Turkish government does not allow anyone to take them out of the country.
The only one that can match the price of Van cats is probably the legendary primitive Egyptian cat. ”

It was quite coincidental, but the Van Lake in Eastern Turkey was close to Egypt.
It was only separated by a small part of the Mediterranean Sea, and he had considered as to whether he should take the opportunity during the Egypt expedition to pay for a trip down to Turkey to see the world ’s most expensive cat.
However, it would be very hard to see one even if he went down there.

Something that rare and expensive was not always a good thing.
The Van Cat ’s population had become so low that it was dangerous.
There were not even 100 of them left.

Biologically, there was a ’minimum viable population. ’ Generally speaking, an independent species needed at least 1,000 of its kind to survive and reproduce in the long run.
Even if it survived in the short run, it needed at least 50.
If it was below that number, it meant that it was on the verge of extinction.

As an endangered animal, Turkey was far less protective than China was in its protection of the pandas, so the Van Cat population crisis had not been effectively alleviated.
In a few years, it was possible that there would no longer be a cat that liked to fish in the water anywhere in the world.

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Vladimir shook its head.
”Cats are all equal.
Why are they separated by expensive ones and cheap ones? All cats, or at least all the cats in the same country, or all the cats in the same society, should have the same government and social status. ”

Zhang Zian smiled and said, ”Indeed, cats cannot be classified their worth.
No matter if the Van cat or the most common local cat have equally valuable lives, the so-called price is imposed by people.
After all, modern society is a thoroughly commercial society… Even people have hidden prices! Some people earn more money and make great contributions to society, and so he is worth money.
On the contrary, some people earn less money and contribute very little to society, so they ’re not worth money… It sounds cruel, but that ’s the way it is.
There ’s no need to pretend to be peaceful. ”

Sihwa heaved a sigh of relief.
”Fortunately, I am the only mermaid in the world… Hello! What ’s that look in your eyes? Does it mean that if there ’s another mermaid, I ’m the worthless one? ” She pointed at Zhang Zian in anger.

He shrugged, feeling very wronged.
”I didn ’t say anything! ”

”Your expression says that! ” she said angrily.

”If you want to condemn somebody, don ’t worry about the pretext! ” Zhang Zian refused to admit anything.

As Vladimir gazed towards where the sea and sky met, he murmured, ”Sometime in my life, I must build a world without exploitation, oppression, money, and equality between cats and cats! ”

Zhang Zian ’s heart was moved.
He felt like Fina probably would not agree with that kind of world.
In Fina ’s understanding, cats and cats were separated by different levels, much like how humans were separated into three, six, and nine levels.
If that happened, would Fina and Vladimir start to fight because of differences in belief?

The two of them were so strong-willed, there was no need to hope that they would accept the other ’s opinions and change.

Fina had unparalleled command over domestic cats, and Vladimir seemed to be combining stray cats with wild cats, which was half the battle in terms of strength.

However, the good thing was that, even if that kind of world existed, it would probably only happen in the future.
It could be that it would not come about while he was alive.
After all, even between humans, there was no perfect equality.
How would equality between cats come so easily? There was no need to worry about it then.

At least for that day, it was better to put such things aside and enjoy the sea breeze and sunlight!