Russia’s President Vladimir Putin caresses a Persian leopard cub as he visits the Persian leopard breeding and rehabilitation centre in the National Park in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, on Feb. 4, 2014.
Among Putin's many talents, it seems, is knowing what animals are really thinking.
On Tuesday, while cuddling a leopard in Sochi, the Russian president said: "I like animals, it seems I have a feeling for them. We liked each other."
How does he know they liked him back? He just does.
Putin has a feeling for animals. And they have a feeling back.
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