Street cats are common sights in some parts of the world, but tourists on vacation in Greece caught something a little rarer—the "Colossus of Rhodes."

Last week, Abbie Louise shared a video to her TikTok account @abbielouisetx, which has left users in bits, racking up close to 5 million views so far.

In the clip, she records some of the strays on the streets on the Greek island of Rhodes, giving them attention and offering them pats.

While they appeared healthy, they were certainly thin, with the video's text overlay reading: "Throwback to the time in Rhodes when we found out why all the other stray cats were so skinny."

As the women coo over the cats in the video, they suddenly burst into laughter as something new comes into view—an absolutely enormous black cat.

Licking his lips as though he's just eaten, the huge cat sits down, stares at the women expectantly, and meows, making them laugh.

Louise wrote on the caption: "Never in my life have I seen a Greek stray this chonky."

Newsweek has contacted @abbielouisetx on TikTok for comment.

TikTok Users React

Cat lovers descended on the video, with thousands commenting on the clip.

One user wrote: "Omg stop laughing at him!"

Another joked: "Bros not a stray he's an outside cat who has 10 different families."

"The king has arrived," one user declared, while another commented: "Why is bro actually spherical."

Plenty compared him to the Greek ancient monument, the Colossus of Rhodes, which is believed to have stood around 108 feet high before it collapsed during an earthquake in 226 B.C.

"It's him, the Colossus of Rhodes," one TikTok user jokingly wrote, while another added: "that MIGHT be Zeus."

Cats in Greece

There are an estimated 3 million street cats in the country, according to Animal Action Greece.

Decades ago, the cats were seen as pests and were regularly abused or killed, but eventually there was a huge change in attitude, according to Catster.

It's now common to see business owners and locals leaving out food and drink for the strays, and welfare groups operate Trap, Neuter, Return (TNR) to help keep the population down in a humane way.

The Kalymnos Cat Project, founded by Leslie Frasier, set up the project on the island of Kalymnos after noticing the huge number of cats while on a trip. Since 2021, the team of volunteers has sterilized 1,734 felines.

"It's exactly the mode of comprehensive community-based cat care and population management which we want to see implemented across Greece," Chief Executive of Animal Action Greece, Joseph Nhan-O'Reily, said at the time. "It's what we're supporting local animal welfare organizations across the country to do."

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