I’ve just taught my last evolution class of the year (speciation class next quarter), so let’s celebrate with some slo-mo, high-def video of a frolicking kitten. Look at her!* She moves like her big African cousins.
*apologies to JS and h/t to Rafael
beautiful :))))))
And she would eat you if she were big enough.
Wonderful!
As a Leo myself I couldn’t say anything else really could I lol?
That was simply delightful!
And congratulations on surviving another term! Here’s hoping your students put their new-to-them knowledge to good use — and may some of that use be discovering new-to-everybody-else-too knowledge!
Cheers,
b&
that is one focused kitty!
(Oh, first comment ever on a kitty-post. Me being allergic to them and all, I really do not have a lot of kittenesque stuff to participate with on kitty-posts)
What a beast! The music didn’t hurt either ^^
Yes; does anybody know what the name of this piece is?
According to the description of the video on You Tube:
Music “Serengetti Bliss” composer Papa J, publisher: Extreme Music
My creaky, stiff middle-aged body is absolutely envious of the strength, flexibility and agility of that young kitteh body. It would be wonderful to inhabit a body like that.
Even has the (now) mandatory slo-mo lapping! Wish I could attend the Speciation class next term-tough to commute from British Columbia…
Love the landings as the kitten’s legs extend so they can absorb the impact, all the while her head is turned and she’s tracking her prey. Amazing amount of control packed into a tiny package.
I wish my cats had such grace. The male is agile enough, but when our female jumps she looks like I did trying to touch the basketball rim in high school. There’s a lot of flailing, some cursing, and not much height achieved.
Kitteh cursing. I’ve seen that. 😀
I just love watching them predate.
As opposed to post-date?
That’s what I take Sam Harris’s concept of “well-being” to be.
Sweet as a first year student!
Off kitty subject, here’s a story to bring tears to the eyes –
http://www.nature.com.libproxy.ucl.ac.uk/news/2011/110309/full/news.2011.148.html
What a great video. Ah, to be young, joyful and at carefree play again…
Slowing them down certainly brings out the African kin in them. If you sped up tigahs would they look like kittehs?
It would be quite interesting to see, in a couple years time, the same kitteh doing the same activities. The slo-mo really does highlight the importance of play in honing hunting skills, and just how-close-yet-so-far undeveloped (or developing) skill can be. I suppose it is fortunate that the little one is domestic and not reliant on hunting, so one can laugh (in joyous adoration) at those so-close-yet-so-far moments in the video.
A friend of mine used to say that cats don’t play, they practice.
What type/make of camera was used to get such a clear andbright picture? Amazing quality
The camera is the Phantom HD. The video is one of their promotional pieces. I won’t link to the site, but if you’re that interested in finding out more about the camera just follow the links on the YouTube page for the video.
did you see some cats passing by?
She moves like her big African cousins.
Big Asian cousin kills big African cousin with one swipe
Not animals that should really be in zoos. Six tigers in one enclosure?!
I’d be a little tired of hearing all that King of Beasts shit if I were a tiger, too…
Yesterday I was waiting for my espresso doppio to be brewed at a local Starbuckies, twiddling my fingers in mild displeasure at the barista’s inefficiency: lots and lots of motion, but most of it quite jerky and unneeded. She probably thought she was working hard, but most of her effort was wasted.
My thought was that she needs to take lessons in slow dancing, Tai Chin … or, now I see, kittenish leaping in slo-mo.
In my own household, Big Mama cat is overweight and flaps in the breeze if she tries to run. Her daughter, Little Girl, only a year younger, is thin, lithe, and extremely graceful in her leaps. Maybe I should sit Big Mama in front of the monitor and have her watch the video?
“Tai Chin”, is that a figurative of the kind of chin figure you get from practicing _very_ slow dancing?