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Friday Catblogging: “How Cats Took Over the Internet”

There’s a new exhibition in New York that recognizes the influence that cats have had in cyberspace: “For some reason, cats took off, and then it’s this avalanche that just sort of keeps piling up,” said Jason Eppink, the curator of “How Cats Took Over the Internet,” an exhibition that opens on Friday at the…

Friday Catblogging: Improving a Cat’s Exercise Wheel

Some cats, as though they were hamsters, use exercise wheels. (See, from 7.25.14, a video at FW on a particular wheel brand.) What happens, though, if the wheel breaks or wears down? Adam Savage of Tested shows how to improve a cat wheel’s performance:

Why Cats Seemingly Play with Their Prey

View image | gettyimages.com Every so often, someone will ask why cats seem to toy with their food.  Why not, after all, simply pounce for a quick kill? Applied animal behaviorist Dr. Karen London supplies an answer: ….A study done decades ago investigated the playful behavior that cats often exhibit with their prey. The scientist Maxeen…

Friday Catblogging: ‘My Garbage Cat Wakes Me Up at 3 AM Every Day’

guys!! i made a game where you play as my cat and have to knock stuff over and be the worst! http://t.co/j1v4yrrrZJ pic.twitter.com/EHrPrYzrIV — Will Herring (@grey2scale) May 14, 2015 That’s not a description of my sweet cat, of course. Game designer Will Herring has a challenging feline, so he created a video game in which…

Friday Catblogging: A Cat Café for Ann Arbor

There’s a planned 2016 opening of a cat café, The Cats Meow Café, for Ann Arbor, Michigan. It’s only a matter of time until this catches on across America: “I always said that if I was going to open a business, that’s exactly what I would do,” Bono said. “After I realized it can be…