It’s hard to believe that Maru, the tubby Scottish fold who lives in Japan, has been on the Internet for eleven years. So be it: he’s probably the world’s most popular cat, and here he plays the drums with his tail. How cool is that?
And notice that, like a good jazz drummer, Maru often hits off the beat.
So full of excitement this cat.
Maru doesn’t even care that his tail is making a racket.
I can only imagine the joy that Maru’s people got when they figured out that this worked. The musical accompaniment is likewise perfect.
To use a word which has an idiomatic sense that surely belongs on the most recent list of abhorrent words and phrases, Maru is so chill with that drum. I think that Maru would make beautiful music with his tail batting a handpan.
Maru is chill with everything. I’ve never before seen a cat that sits impassively, as still and silent as the Sphynx (but for his tail), completely indifferent while he’s being lathered up and bathed.
I’m sure that you’ve shared this before, but it’s well worth repeating: a concerto for cat, piano and orchestra:
Thank you! I’d not known about Nora and the Catcherto. If it has been shown on this site, I missed it. I had to Google Nora and find that she has her own Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_%28cat%29.
What a precious kitty, what music! Bravo to Nora and Mindaugas Piecaitis.
There must be a large number of muscles under control in the cat’s tail. It seems to move in fairly complex ways.
“Not my [expletive deleted] tempo!”
This is wonderful fun! I’d love to see Maru playing bamboo (or metallic) wind chimes.