Cat People

[Paranoid Fitness]

 

[Gregzs]

A clever black cat who really wants to come inside implements a bouncing strategy to attract the attention of a human when his primary tactic of meowing at the back door doesn?t work.

 

[Gregzs]

http://www.collegehumor.com/post/69...illist&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=quickies

In his recent book, Cat Sense, anthrozoologist John Bradshaw confirmed that which anyone who has ever lived with a cat has known for years: that "domestic" cats are in fact semi-feral animals that happen to cohabitate with humans due to our dextrous can-opening abilities. Here are a few signs that probably tipped Bradshaw off:

95% of a cat's life is spent killing other animals, pretending to kill other animals, and sleeping (while presumably dreaming of killing other animals). The other 5% is spent doing that weird "kneading" thing where they push their paws onto a soft surface one at a time while purring so loudly that it seems like it has to be sexual even though scientists claim it's not.

Untrained cats will attempt to steal food from a human's plate. By using a spray bottle, however, you can train a cat to stay away from your food, unless the food is fish, other seafood, chicken, duck, any other bird, sharp cheese for some reason, cured meat, or literally any other food if the cat has not eaten in the past hour. In any of those cases, save yourself some time and frustration by letting the cat eat your pork chops while you munch on some Friskies.

Any cat owner will tell you that their cat prefers to drink from the leaky bathtub faucet than from the bowl of clean water left out for them. A wild instinct leads cats to seek water from condensation, toilets, glasses and mugs that humans aren't currently holding, other cats' vomit, kitchen sinks, and their own vomit.

When a young male cat (known as a "tommy boy") wakes up from a nap, becomes excited, or just feels like it, he will lift his hind legs over his head and use his tongue to loudly slurp on his tiny, retractable, cat penis, regardless of whether or not a visiting baroness of high esteem has recently taken a sip of her juniper tea.

Cats cannot be trained to stay off the table, so much as they can be trained to stay off the table until you are not looking. We've all heard our fathers claim to have seen trained house cats in the circus long ago. But common sense dictates we can write that off as another of Dad's tall tales, like his seven-mile walk to elementary school and time spent serving in the Cold War. And while some claim to have trained their cats to use a litter box, the truth is that cats actually just like to pee on small rocks (don't knock it: it's oddly satisfying).

It is a common and widespread misconception that, should cat owners die at home, their cats will eat their faces. In reality, cats will attempt to eat their owners faces even if their owners are not dead. This essentially proves that cats are wild, so if you live with a cat, please be safe: play it cool and pretend you're also a cat.

 

[Gregzs]

Sharla in Japan, a Canadian student finishing University in Japan, visited several cat cafes in Japan and created a cute and informative video tour. She visits Kyariko Cat Cafe, which sells drinks for visitors and snacks for its purebred cat inhabitants, and Ekoneko Cat Cafe, which takes in stray cats, nurses them back to health, and allows visitors to permanently adopt the cats.

https://www.nerdist.com/2014/02/tokyo-style-cat-cafes-may-be-coming-to-l-a/

Tokyo-Style Cat Cafes May Be Coming to L.A.
If you?re like nearly everybody in their mid-20s, you?d love to have a pet but you know that you lack both the time and, let?s be honest, the responsibility to keep one alive for more than a week. Luckily there is a new type of cafe popping up around the western world that could cure this very predicament. Originating in Japan, cat cafes are like every other cafe, except that they are swarming with cats that you can pet as you sip your morning java. These cafes have already shown in up in Canada, Europe, and Australia, and are soon to open up in San Francisco and Oakland as well. But non-allergic Los Angelenos need not feel left out, because with enough Kickstarter dollars, Carlos Wong is planning to open the first cat cafe in the City of Angels.

Wong first fell in love with the multi-species cafe concept after spending a year in Tokyo. It was there that this business model started with cat and dog cafes, but it soon branched out into owl, goat, rabbit, and (not kidding) penguin cafes as well. Trying to start non-exotic, Wong?s proposed cafe will be only cats and will be called ? what else ? Catfe.

After his immersion in the dense, fast-paced environment of inner Tokyo, Wong returned home to Los Angeles and thought that Downtown L.A. has a pretty similar vibe to it. After what had to be an uncomfortable conversation with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, officials said the concept would be workable, provided the food was prepared in a separate, non-cat covered building. In order to jump this particular real estate issue, Wong is thinking he may have the food prep area separated from the feline quarters by a wall of plexiglass. You?d get your food on the HUMANS ONLY side and then bring it over to the interspecies region to eat.

Wong?s Kickstarter goal is high, $350,000 high, to be exact. But Wong explained that this specific business requires a substantial financial cushion to begin with. ?If it?s just a caf? and you?re not making enough money, you can just jury-rig something to try to make it work. But these are live animals. I don?t want to be in that position.?

 

[Gregzs]

http://laughingsquid.com/things-cats-do-thatd-be-creepy-if-you-did-them-in-real-life/

In this video, BuzzFeed demonstrates how creepy it would be if you did some of the things that cats do in real life. It?s just not socially acceptable to ask someone to rub your belly, run and hide when being introduced to a new person, and to knock breakable objects off of a coworker?s desk.

 

[Gregzs]

http://laughingsquid.com/california...e-into-an-amazing-feline-playground-paradise/

California Man With 18 Cats Remodels His Home Into An Amazing Feline Playground Paradise

A man with 18 cats has remodeled his 4-bedroom, 2.5 bath home in Goleta, California into a feline playground paradise, complete with a spiral stairway, aerial walkways, climbing poles and a brand new HVAC system. The remodeling was done by Trillium Enterprises, who describe the home as a ?Garden Oasis?.


A peaceful place to getaway from it all; this four bedroom, two and a half bathroom home has been transformed into an oasis full of life. Plants, animals, playful colors, and every electronic gadget you can think of has been incorporated into every aspect of this home. From the underwater camera in the Koi pond, to the built in cat walks and fully integrated appliances this home meets every imagination.

The renovation cost about $35,000. While this may seem excessive to some, the fact is that he?s giving 18 cats a very happy home.

 

[Gregzs]

http://laughingsquid.com/cat-videobombs-his-humans-yoga-routine/

Milo the cat videobombs the recording of his human?s yoga routine before shutting the whole thing down with a thwack of his paw.

 

[Gregzs]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/l...=Campaign Monitor&utm_term=awwww but also LOL

21 Animals Whose Failure To Jump Correctly Will Make You Sad And Also Laugh

 

[Gregzs]

http://laughingsquid.com/timo-the-ragdoll-cat-is-well-on-his-way-to-figuring-out-his-hammock/

It looks like Timo the ragdoll cat is well on his way to figuring out the hammock that his human gave to him in February 2014. Here’s his first attempt:

 

[Gregzs]

Timo part 2

 

[Gregzs]

http://guyism.com/humor/banecat-hero-world-needs-right-now.html

BaneCat is the hero the world needs right now

 

[Gregzs]

http://laughingsquid.com/willie-the-cat-fixes-the-toilet-paper-he-previously-unrolled/

Willie, an adorable brown tabby, is just like any other cat playing with the toilet paper roll. What makes Willie different, however, is that he fixes the damage he’s done by rolling it back up the other way, as documented by his human Michael Thompson

 

[Gregzs]

http://www.brobible.com/life/article/machine-gun-kitty-cat-machine-gun/

Machine Gun Kitty

https://v.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/7FFA...p4?versionId=XCFoQUNlr6DDQhdbSzXjax6J4HHE.y4S

 

[Gregzs]

Why do cats knead?

 

[Lifter247]

goddamn cats!!! there so fucking awesome lol

 

[Gregzs]

What Your Cat's Body Language is Really Saying

 

[Gregzs]

http://laughingsquid.com/wild-species-of-cats-play-with-and-rip-apart-rolls-of-toilet-paper/

The folks at Tampa-based Big Cat Rescue recently gave rolls of toilet paper to wild species of cats (servals, bobcats, lynx, and ocelots) to see if they play with and rip them apart, much like domestic felines often do.

 

[Gregzs]

 

[Gregzs]

Park ranger Roan Ravenhill left a GoPro camera on a wood stand at the 33,000 acre MalaMala Game Reserve in South Africa, capturing this footage of a leopard and her 10-month-old cub playfully exploring the piece of technology and ultimately taking it along for a short walk.

 

[maniclion]

Park ranger Roan Ravenhill left a GoPro camera on a wood stand at the 33,000 acre MalaMala Game Reserve in South Africa, capturing this footage of a leopard and her 10-month-old cub playfully exploring the piece of technology and ultimately taking it along for a short walk.

I want to dub commentary over this in an english womans voice.

"Oh mai, someones left their camera in the mittle of the road."
"I think they may have lef it running, um hum yep well lets flip it around here and see if they lef a flat noomba or phone noomba...." "Nope, bloody hell and I don't want to jus leave it here in the road to get ruinover or pilfered by some hooligans..." "We'll just carry it to the side of the road here and hope if they come back they search in a wide radius as it could have tumbled a ways when it fell from the boot of their lorrie..."

 

[Gregzs]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/scottybryan...ign Monitor&utm_term=And the video is amazing

A Cat Ran Into A Door During A French TV Baking Show And It Is Absolutely Amazing

How do you transition from one part of a French baking show to another? YOU DO IT LIKE THIS.

 

[Gregzs]

http://laughingsquid.com/helpful-petting-guides-for-various-types-of-animals/

Helpful Petting Guides For Various Types of Animals

 

[Gregzs]

My Cat Saved My Son

 

[spinyvegeta]

My Cat Saved My Son

Just saw this earlier. So awesome

 

[KelJu]

My Cat Saved My Son

Wow, I love cats and all, but rarely does a cat give a shit about people enough to help out in a brawl. That cat has the soul of a dog.

 

[Gregzs]

Wow, I love cats and all, but rarely does a cat give a shit about people enough to help out in a brawl. That cat has the soul of a dog.

The kid is a little autistic and the cat was adopted years before the son was born. She must feel he is family.

The dog is in quarantine prior to getting put to sleep: http://www.turnto23.com/news/local-...om-dog-attack-in-southwest-bakersfield-051414

 

[MDR]

I dig cats, but that is very unusual behavior for a feline. Cool story about how the cat bonded with the kid, too.

 

[Ichigo]

That cat is awesome!

 

[Gregzs]

 

[BigDyl]

Wow, I love cats and all, but rarely does a cat give a shit about people enough to help out in a brawl. That cat has the soul of a dog.

That cat fucking pwned. It's certainly a lifetime member of the kiki's.