It’s time for our weekly tribute to the world’s most awesome species of pet: Felis silvestris catus.
As reported by Bored Panda, Japanese photographer Hisakata Hiroyuki specializes in pictures of ninja cats. You can see his Instagram page here with tons of pictures, but here are a few of my favorites from Bored Panda:
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Remy, aka “Harvard’s Humanities cat, is a ginger tabby owned by Cambridge, Massachusetts resident Sarah Watton. But Remy has a double life, roaming far and wide across Harvard’s campus. As The Harvard Gazette reports,
After four years at Harvard, Remy the cat has had pretty much the full Harvard experience.
“He has been in student dorms, at parties, attended lectures, and taken photos with tourists in Harvard Yard,” says his owner, Cambridge resident Sarah Watton.
The 4-year-old orange tabby even has a Facebook page started by friends at the Barker Center that boasts more than 1,000 followers.
So when Remy went missing for a few weeks, Watton’s appeal online struck a chord on campus.
“Hi, I’m Remy’s owner and am writing to find out whether anyone has seen him recently?” Watton posted on Aug. 28. “We miss him and are worried he is hurt or has strayed too far.”
Responses poured in: “I saw him a week ago, Monday, in Pierce”; “My friend thinks he saw him near the Div. School”; “Oh no, I’ll be on the lookout.”
Remy’s owners have known about his double life at Harvard for years now through the many phone calls they receive — up to 10 a day, as late as 2 a.m. — from across campus. “We have picked him up from numerous Harvard buildings over the years,” Watton says.
At their home on Sacramento Street, nearly a mile from the Barker Center, Watton, her husband, Rick Sullivan, and their boys, Jack, 11, and Will, 6, say their pet’s penchant to wander started young. They initially tried walking him on a leash but by the time he turned 1, they gave up trying to stop his excursions.
Remy’s recent weeks-long romp did get him grounded, but his paws are back on the streets, to the delight of his Facebook followers and Harvard buddies.
Watton says the family has often used the Facebook page to track their pet’s whereabouts. “We really appreciate Remy’s community and the love and happiness he spreads wherever he goes!”
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Here’s a cat rescued as an injured kitten from the streets of Japan,and turned into an adorable but annoying house cat named Poki. Poki is persistent, vigorous, and has a meow like a Siamese cat. This is part of his story from Rachel and Jun, a YouTubine couple who live in Japan. Jun is a cook (he makes fancy birthday meals for his cats) and Rachel reports on Japanese culture. The rescue videos of Poki are here and here.
h/t: Linda, Roo, Grania
Ninja cats are swell.
Whenever I see a story about a roaming cat like Remy, I worry about them getting hurt. Traffic, dogs, etc. Harvard is probably a pretty “safe space” though.
A couple of years ago Misha ,one of my cats was coming home with wounds .So i bought a secondhand pet camera to hang around his collar so i could see where he went and if he was getting into fights with a big black cat that was hanging around ,( i managed to catch him and took him to a rehoming center ) .
Didn’t record any footage of him getting into fights ,just him wandering around the village .
I said it was secondhand ,turns out it was third hand ,two lots of recordings with two separate old guys looking into the camera and in the background someone asking “Have you got it working yet?” lol.
Great work by the ninja photographer!
Rachel and Jun are cool.