Besides going on adventures together, Atlas and Nell love to wrestle with each other, and snuggle up and snooze.

Atlas is also responsible for teaching Nell some interesting habits, according to Christie.

"Nell will carry around socks in her mouth, and treat them like they are a prey item that she's killed, or she'll steal food off the counter, and those are totally things she learned from Atlas," Christie said.

When Christie's friend Rachel Sprague adopted Nell in February, Atlas was a little down.

"He kind of just slept a lot for the first couple of days after she left, and he paid a lot more attention to the other two cats I had, and he wanted to snuggle up with them," Christie said. "I just tried to keep him busy by taking him to the park a bunch."

Nell now lives on the Hawaiian island of Lanai with Sprague's other cat, Kona, whom she got at the Lanai Cat Sanctuary, a refuge for over 500 cats in Hawaii.

Atlas might not have Nell in his life anymore, but according to Christie, he may have found his next friend.

"He's working on bringing another stray into the house, so he's got a new project," Christie said.


And who knows? Maybe this new cat will want to go on adventures with Atlas, too.