Twist Ending

For weeks, Roland planned the caper in meticulous detail. The tour bus stopped every day at exactly 2:17. While his accomplices created a distraction, he would sneak up behind the tourists, grab the item and run. It was supposed to be the perfect crime — but alas, he had overlooked one small detail.

A macaque monkey at Mount Popa near Bagan, Myanmar (Burma), tries to open a water bottle stolen from a hapless temple visitor.
Um, how do you open these things?

Temple Monkey, by D-Stanley, licensed under CC BY 2.0

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Links: Cry Laughing

Close up picture of a kitten with a fur pattern under its eyes that looks like smeared mascara

And finally: Time to Feed the Blanket

A cozy pig gets a snack in this video found by Andrew Y.

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Cloud Nine Lives

Scenes from a video of a woman grooming a large white cat

Today’s weather forecast calls for fluffy angry clouds, as The Girl With the Dogs grooms a big boi who eats all her snacks and talks up a storm.

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Great Moments in Feline Warfare

For generations, the War Between Cats and Dogs raged endlessly, with neither side giving ground. Again and again the dogs would advance, only to be whapped back behind their own lines. At last the cat army perfected the technology that would turn the tide: The 28 mm tennis ball cannon.

Vintage photograph of a cat standing on a cannon pointed at a dog
Fetch? Oh, they’ll be fetching your head, pal! (Bluesky)

War is heck, Thérèse B.

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