For it all, they’re still amazingly cute. Exhibit A — Cookie the Maine Coon Kitten. Photo from Wikipedia See, Kitty not eating? Maybe the furry faker’s mad at you – Health – Pet health – msnbc.com.

Complete with tub toy — Via Huffington Post: Cute/Ridiculous Animal Thing Of The Day: Cat Relaxes In The Tub (VIDEO).

Via Cheetah vs. Hyena: Mother Fights For Her Cubs (VIDEO).

Enjoy. Disney’s African Cats.

Here’s one sharp-looking cat — This little cheetah cub won’t make your day — he’ll make your week! The San Diego Zoo is lucky enough to have a new addition, Kiburi (which means "proud" in Swahili), an adorably playful cheetah cub who we first featured a photo of in our Animal Photos Of The Week…

Cats and birds are natural enemies. Sometimes, so are cats and other cats. And sometimes, a wild melee can involve two acrobatic brawling felines and a pair of feisty birds willing to pick a fight with somebody much bigger than themselves. That exact scene was caught on video and set to dramatic music…. Note: These…

For Friday’s catblogging, here are stories and videos about how cats drink. At Wired, Lisa Grossman writes that High-Speed Video Reveals Cats’ Secret Tongue Skills: High-speed videos reveal the strange technique and delicate balance of physical forces cats use to lap milk from a bowl. Unlike dogs, who use their tongues as ladles to scoop…

Here’s a video of a cat — not mine — waiting for Halloween. The cat’s not happy being filmed in advance of Halloween, but certainly looks the part of a Halloween cat.

I saw this story a few days ago, and saved it for a Friday catblogging post, so readers probably know the tail tale by now — Stewie the Maine Coon Cat is the world’s longest cat. Here’s his story — See, Big Tail: It’s the World’s Longest Cat.

In a shocking story from Florida, a cat recovers from severe torture while the cat’s abusers face the law: [Judge] Nazaretian called what happened to the cat the worst case of abuse he’s ever seen. Investigators say the cat was shot multiple times with a BB gun, locked in a crate and thrown into the…