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Welcome to #BikeNite on Friday, March 6th!

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Our intro, and Q from @uxmark:

Q1. Where are you posting from today?

What are some encounters w/non-human animals you’ve had while cycling? One-offs? Regular interactions? Funny? Alarming? Awe-inspiring? Share photos if you have them 😀🚴‍♀️❤️

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Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK Mar 7

@ascentale @uxmark @bikenite

In 2000s I befriended a cat who would wander around a former highway now restricted for most traffic but encouraged for cyclists. She was usually in a garden but would always greet me, and I'd stop and dismount from my bike to spend time with her.

One afternoon I was speaking to my (human) friend Julia on a mobile phone with a hands free kit (with the phone in the pocket of my cycling jacket) and spending time with the cat.

A middle aged woman passing by saw this - it looked like I was having a full scale human conversation with the cat - the woman looked genuinely shocked and walked away *very* quickly 😺

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gene x

@vfrmedia @ascentale @uxmark @bikenite A1: Hi from San Francisco - this reminds me that the way i adopted my first cat (kitten) was on my paper route I went to get paid at a home I delivered to (on my bike of course) and the family had a litter of kittens and I just took one home and told my family it randomly appeared at our house and my family let us keep her (Molly). I think my dad probably knew the real situation since he was a veterinarian but she lived a nice long life of 19+ years with us. #BikeNite (photo isn't of her but of our current kat, Ginga!)