Cats

Miri Goes Fishing

Not That Mike The Other Mike3 Comments
A kitten plays excitedly with a toy fish.

Last summer, Maru, Hana and Kitten Miri got fish toys, but it was Miri who got the catch of the day: A battery-powered bass that wiggled like the real thing.

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Weekend Open Thread

Not That Mike The Other Mike29 Comments

We have a sweet story for today’s open thread. A photographer found an honor store with a very cute manager.

I drove into deepest, darkest Bryan, Texas to buy some real honey. One picks their honey on the front porch of the beekeeper and leaves money in the jar or uses one of the bank applications to transfer the funds directly to the keeper.

a cat stands on a table next to bottles of honey. A sign behind the bottles reads "Honey, Honor System"
Or you could leave a can of tuna and I’ll forget I ever saw you.

Local "Honey Cat" - Natural Born Killer!, by flickr4jazz, licensed under CC BY 4.0

Bonus Book Birb!

Reader Duckie shares a very special holiday gift: “My BFF took all my pictures of Duckie and put them in a Picaboo book for me.”

the cover of a book features a photo of a parakeet and the title "Duckie"
I’ll be signing copies, as soon as I learn to hold a pen.
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Links: A Mom’s a Mom

Not That Mike The Other Mike16 Comments
A polar bear flanked by two polar bear cubs walks on a snowy plain

And baby makes three.

Polar Bear Appears to ‘Adopt’ a Lonely Cub in Rare Moment

People, via Elizabeth G.

So THAT’S what happened to Humpty Dumpty.

Cartoonist Perfectly Captures What It’s Like To Live With Cats

Bored Panda, via NTMTOM

(Not gonna lie, those sheep look tasty.)

Cats are taking over the internet with these Nativity photos

Instagram, via Dana D.

Not so shy anymore!

I took a shy shelter cat home. Here’s what happened

GeoBeats / YouTube, via Dana D.

Just in time!

Three Cats Rescued Just Days Before Giving Birth

Love Meow, via Andrew Y.

And finally: Koala Cuddles Keeper

More koala-ty content from Thérèse B.

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Elf OFF the Shelf

Not That Mike The Other Mike5 Comments

Consumer Alert: Stores are flooded with counterfeit versions of the infamous Elf on the Shelf, the doll that observes and reports bad behavior. Remember that only the genuine Elf on the Shelf provides your home with the decoration, surveillance and informant services your home needs this holiday season. Beware of (wait for it) knock offs.

cat knocks holiday decoration from a shelf

via Andrew Y.

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