How did Lop Nur survive when he discovered a stray cat?

 7:57am, 2 October 2025

As a pet blogger, the editor often sees many horrifying pet incidents every day, including pet abuse, and stray cats and stray dogs found in unmanned areas. Last year, I discovered several times of stray cats and dogs in unmanned areas. However, these so-called no-manned areas are not real no-manned areas, they are just rarely visited.

But in mid-May, a shoveler found a stray cat deep in Lop Nur. You know, that is Lop Nur, the real no-man's land in our country, so I was wondering, how could this cat be in the no-man's land? How did it survive in the no-man’s land?

A stray cat was found in the depths of Lop Nur

In mid-May this year, a domestic shoveler and a group of friends drove to Lop Nur. For the Chinese, Lop Nur is already mysterious because it is a real no-man's land.

After five days of driving, the shoveler and his friend came to the depths of Lop Nur, which was rarely visited and had nothing but wind and sand.

But what the shoveler didn't expect was that when they first set up the tent, a cat moan came from nearby, and then the cat moan became louder and louder. Then he saw a cat running down quickly from a small hill in the distance.

When I saw a stray cat appearing in the camp, the shoveler was shocked at the time. How could there be a cat in the no-man's area deep in Lop Nur? Then the shoveler, who was stunned, was awakened by the cat's howling.

The cat howled wildly at the poop shoveler. The poop shoveler suddenly realized that the cat must be thirsty, so he quickly got water for the cat. According to the poop shoveler, the cat drank almost 5 minutes in the evening that day, and drank half of the mineral water bottle of water! It seems that the cat is really thirsty.

Stay in the car and can't go down

The shoveler watched the cat drink water and was amazed. First of all, he didn't understand why the cat was deep in Lop Nur, and secondly, he didn't understand how the cat survived here.

All of this made the shoveler feel that he was very destined to be with the cat. He wanted to take the cat back to the city to raise it, but he was worried about what if the cat didn't follow them. It was deserted and open everywhere, and he couldn't catch the cat if he wanted to run away.

Just as the cat shoveler was "a war between heaven and man", the cat who had drunk water jumped into the car directly. The cat took the initiative to get on the car, which made the cat shoveler stunned.

Toat shoveler: "You are conscious, I'm worried in vain."

Take out of the no-man's land

The others in the convoy came over to joke with the cat, but no matter what the team members said, the cat just stayed in the car and couldn't get off.

According to the cat, the next day, the cat followed them out of the unmanned land with the car. The cat originally wanted to take the cat back to the city for adoption, but when the convoy passed by a rural area for rest and dinner, the cat jumped off the car and didn't even look back.

The shoveler said that this ending is acceptable, after all, rural areas are no longer uninhabited areas, and cats are not a problem to survive by themselves. How could

be in the no-man's land?

You must know that the depths of Lop Nur are truly an unmanned land. There is no road here, so how could a cat appear here? The shoveler speculated that someone brought the cat here. I don’t deny that there is a possibility, but I think no one should be so bored. According to my usual survey of stray cats and dogs in unmanned areas, there may be the following reasons for the occurrence of stray cats and dogs in unmanned areas.

First: "The geological exploration team will raise some cats and dogs when stationed, and these cats and dogs are free-range.

Second: "Someone drove to the depths of Lop Nur, which was very cold in the area. When the convoy was resting in the city or in the countryside, the cat got into the engine of the car to keep warm, causing it to be mistakenly taken into the depths of the no-man's land.

Among the above two reasons, I think the second reason is most in line with the situation of this stray cat. How did

survive?

As for how cats survive in the no-man's land, it is actually easy to explain. Cats are desert animals and they feel very weak about thirst.

In fact, in Lop Nur, there are still animals in the unmanned area, such as the gerbils and lizards that cats like to eat the most. The meat of these animals is very rich in protein and moisture, which is a very delicious meal for stray cats, so it is not uncommon to have stray cats in the unmanned area.