We have three “awesome” cats today. The first is truly a cat of distinction. SmallAnimalTalk, a site written by Dr. Anne Fawcett, a veterinarian in Sydney, posted this picture of Oz the Cat. She has a geographically accurate map of Australia on her nose!
One of the highlights for me was meeting this fellow during the vetting at the Sydney Royal Easter Show. Nicknamed “Oz” (formally named Siajavi Pai Wen), this longhaired oriental was born with a perfect map of Australia on her face – complete with a (somewhat disproportionately large and, if one must be nit-picky, a bit central) map of Tasmania on her chin. She belongs to breeder and steward Deborah Nugent. I’ve never seen a face like this (of course its not all about appearances – her temperament is wonderful).
Kiwi readers will be disappointed that there’s no New Zealand.
Oz as a kitten (from The Daily Mail). Australia wasn’t as accurate then:
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Is there a lazier cat than this? Here a felid assumes its liquid phase, allowing it to flow easily down the stairs (rrom Cheezburger via reader Su):
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And here’s a picture of a botched feeding opportunity, from imgur via Alan White via Matthew Cobb. I have no idea if it’s authentic, but that cat sure looks affronted.
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And lagniappe: reader Taskin’s cat Gus, who, you may recall, lost his ears from frostbite two years ago when he was trapped. Now he’s a loving and delightful little fellow. She think he looks skeptical in this photo, but I think he looks either sly or bemused.
h/t: Ben Goren
From the BBC: This cat purrs ‘louder than a tube train’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/32159386
No they won’t, they’re used to it as they are often left off of maps.
I think Gus looks like he just told a joke and is waiting for his hooman to react.
Good call Diana! This isn’t the first time we’ve been left off a map. There might have been a cat with a map of New Zealand, but there’s a pretty good chance its staff didn’t recognize it. 🙂
Enough cats with blobs are born, I guess Australia had to happen. Have to admit, it’s a good likeness and a cute pic.
For the cat’s sake, I’m glad it’s not Jesus, who, of course, always makes sure he’s rendered as medieval artists depicted him so people can recognize the phenomenon, and not as he would have looked if he was born and lived when and where the legends say.
Better a cat’s nose than… here.
I just knew which one that was going to be.
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Gus reminds me a bit of the Coca-Cola polar bears in that photo.
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It’s obviously a sign from God. He prefers Australia.
It is after all, “The Lucky Country”.
Not a lazy cat, an efficient cat!
Kind of makes you glad you don’t live in Puerto Rico**, doesn’t it.
**[insert name of any geographic locale that might vaguely qualify as an antipode of Australia here]
Stairway cat is giving himself a massage courtesy of gravity.
Gus is thinking something sardonic🐾🐾
I thought maybe he was thinking “duuude! that was some good ‘nip”.
Well…the kid tried, at least. And I suppose we should be glad that he thinks that an orange is something good to eat…even if he hasn’t quit figured out that whole carnivore thing….
b&
Each time I see Gus I have to dig up the “White Cat Rag”.
😀 Thanks Monika! You’ve just made Gus’s and my day! Cheers
It’s in my good mood and ‘I need a pick-up’ list. 🙂
Check out the second cat, going down the stairs.
Saw this cat food commercial–instead of shots of cats nomming or being hugged by their female owners, it talks about feline biology, notably dentition and diet
We get the Iams adverts here in the UK too (that accent wasn’t British was it? I’m terrible with accents). It does make a refreshing change to have advertising that actually focusses on something relevant to the purpose of the product.
Now if only someone would market “Mouse flavoured cat food”, if necessary in the same vein as the “hedgehog flavoured crisps” of a few years ago.
Cute ad. I heard only U.S. accents, with a southern one for the long-hairedcat.
Hedgehog-flavored crisps??
Yes, “Hedgehog flavoured crisps” ; remembering that in the UK, adverts which are not “legal, decent, honest and truthful” are liable to be forced out of publication, and potentially the vendors can be fined.
The wording is important.
I hesitate to ask…were the crisps flavored with hedgehogs or by them…?
b&
The flavourings were by the Hedgehog Flavouring Company. It was a good joke. Once.
Does this count?
http://www.instinctpetfood.com//product/instinct-grain-free-raw-frozen-rabbit-diet-bites-cats
Baihu’s staple diet is that plus the duck and chicken versions.
b&
The map is quite special, and the inaccuracy with Tasmania is not a serious flaw. Nature has put maps of Tassie in so many other places, after all.