Jumbo Bucket o’ Maru

Maru encounters a big metal bucket that makes his usual cardboard boxes pail in comparison. Can he get into it?

via Andrew Y.

More Maru: Happy Birthday!
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Weekend Open Thread

Happy Saturday and welcome to the open thread. Today reader Georgiana Y. shares her two cats Storm and Skye being, well, unique:

I’m not sure why but Storm was feeling particularly affectionate toward my foot this evening.

Black cat lies on the floor, revealing his belly. His head is pressed against a human foot, presumably the person taking the picture
I just really like it, okay?

Skye’s little sad face watching us leave the house this morning.

Striped cat looks through second floor window, as seen from ground level
Sure, leave me alone with the foot fetishist.
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Huey, Lewis and the Mews

How can a cat go from spicy to sweet? It’s an important question for Flatbush Cats, a rescue organization working to find homes for New York’s feral cats. Sometimes, all it takes is a chill friend to set an example.

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Maybe She’s Born With It

Cutetropolis reader AB, best known for sharing photos of her adorable Frenchies Grogu and Rey, has some new photos of a girl whose eyelashes are batting a thousand:

It’s well known that animators love to give “girl” animal characters long, flirty eyelashes to distinguish them from their male counterparts. Of course, this practice is silly and unrealistic.

Cute cocker spaniel dog with surprisingly long eyelashes looks at the camera
Um, yeah, about that…

This is how I can tell that Mila the cocker spaniel is actually some sort of cyndroid being (probably engineered by Disney) and not an actual dog.

Same cocker Spaniel dog looks down giving us a better look at her long eyelashes
Nope, I’m all real.

I also have my doubts about her brother Theo, who predictably lacks the excess eye fringe.

Same dog looks at you. a darker cocker Spaniel dog sits in the background
Him? He’s just an AI hallucination.
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