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Via Cat experts reveal the meaning behind different meows @ The Independent.

Now in its 30th year, Cat Day has lit up Japanese social media with endless portraits of …cats as well as cat-themed doughnuts, cat-shaped biscuits, cat manga, cats staring soulfully out of windows, kittens mewing expectantly and so on. On this day it is Japan’s hugest trend on social media. What happens on Cat Day?…

This month, each night just before midnight, a video of a cat sipping milk will be shown on over a dozen large monitors in Times Square: For three glorious minutes this evening [and all month long], 15 billboards in Times Square all displayed the same video of a cat sipping milk. And, this being New…

(Much as I like cats, I’d not spring for the eight-figure wildlife crossings mentioned in the video.) See, for an accompanying article, Adorable mountain lion kittens found in California mountains @ USA TODAY.

The cat has come back to Brockley Sainsbury's. pic.twitter.com/2AKRosiEGM — Nigel Thornberry (@J_Tema) January 6, 2016 Since last year, a mysterious cat has been surprising shoppers in England, regularly appearing on one grocery store’s shelves despite repeated removal attempts by staff…. Via Cat Refuses To Leave Supermarket No Matter How Many Times He’s Kicked Out…

Via Cat’s Genius Hack Turns Cone Of Shame Into Totally Useful Tool @ Huffington Post.

(Carli Davidson/Shakethebook.com) Carli Davidson is a photographer and animal rights activist whose latest book, “Shake Cats” (Harper Collins, 2015), springs from her background as an animal lover. Davidson’s humorous photographs of cats frozen in mid-shake came about when she set up photo shoots of rescue cats. During the shoots, Davidson’s assistants cut the cats’ nails…