Do you believe that animals can sense things we can't?
Jenny was the cat of the RMS Titanic and was adopted from her sister ship the RMS Olympic. Jenny was a rat catcher and gave birth to a litter of kittens shortly before the Titanic's maiden voyage in April 1912. She lived mainly in the galley where the kitchen crew fed her left over food.
Jenny took all of her babies, one by one off the ship. One of the crew watched her doing this and he wondered why she opted to leave her job and leave the ship with her babies. That same crew member decided Jenny knew something was wrong and thought it best not to be on the ship either and stay with Jenny and her kittens. He resigned, packed a bag and left with the cat and kittens. The rest is history. Did Jenny know what future was held for the ship. I’ll bet the crew member who decided to follow Jenny’s lead was very grateful also. There is also a book on Jenny's story.
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No, except only to the extent that different species have broadly the same senses but to very different ranges and sensitivities.
No cat, nor any other animal, including human, could possibly have predicted the disaster but cats will move home for themselves and their litters as they see fit.
Most likely here, the ship was now taking on a huge number of people so becoming too crowded and noisy for the animal. Previously the only occupants had been the operational and "hotel" crews, and the cat had become used to the fairly small number she saw.
Also, she may have been recruited as "rat catcher" but would a brand-new ship operated to high standards host large colonies of rats when practically brand-new? I don't think so, and the cat may have wiped out the few rodents that might have sneaked on board.
The departure of the crew-member was just by his own superstition, but in the event of course it likely saved his life. ...
(There is a brief moment in the highly-fictitious film "Titanic", showing a large number of rats running along a corridor. I list that among assorted other unlikely incidents, right up to the lovers cavorting at the prow.)
