Cats of the Urban Wild from NewYorker on Vimeo.

(They’re not truly bad luck, of course. In fact, they make good pets, and most shelters have a least a few black cats who would be fine additions to any family.)

Via How Exactly Austin’s First Cat Cafe Blue Cat Works @ Austin Eater.

One wouldn’t prudently encourage other cat owners to try this with their cats, and it’s odd that this feline seems so entranced, but here’s a peculiar feline who likes a vacuum hose:

View image | gettyimages.com Always worth debunking bad press about cats – Cats Aren’t Evil: 5 Feline Myths That Just Aren’t True.

In Hiroshima, Japan, they’ve a variation on Google Map’s street view feature: Hiroshima prefecture has designed a purr-fect map for tourists wishing to see some of its attractions from a different angle. The prefecture on Tuesday launched a website with what it calls the world’s first “cat’s-eye view” street map, through which users can explore…