--- ---  # This Cat That Can Open Doors Reminds Us That We're Never Truly Safe by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 13, 2014 5:01 PM UTC  by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 13, 2014 5:01 PM UTC _“Cats can’t open doors because they don’t have opposable thumbs and also because they’re just silly little cats.”_ You’ve probably thought that before, but it’s time for you to learn the truth. Cats CAN and DO open doors, as we’ve learned from [this video ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blSl487coFg)uploaded by YouTuber Kristian Svenson. What this means is that nowhere is ever truly safe for us and that cats will most likely rise up and try to stage a massive coup and we should probably start taking the proper precautions before it’s too late. **MORE:** [Never Drink Alone Again Because Now There’s Wine for Cats](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/10/15/never-drink-alone-again-because-now-theres-wine-for-cats/) Video: Mischievous Cat Opens Doors ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3108227/cat-opens-door-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3108227/cat-opens-door-video/"},"headline":"This Cat That Can Open Doors Reminds Us That We're Never Truly Safe","datePublished":"2014-08-13T17:01:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:25.337Z","description":"Further proof that an international cat uprising is nigh","url":"https://time.com/3108227/cat-opens-door-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral","cats"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf09db37f3c6e4db5/69869f62361760294e90d706/screen-shot-2014-08-13-at-12-18-45-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf09db37f3c6e4db5/69869f62361760294e90d706/screen-shot-2014-08-13-at-12-18-45-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-08-13 at 12.18.45 PM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3108227/cat-opens-door-video/","name":"This Cat That Can Open Doors Reminds Us That We're Never Truly Safe"}}]}] ```