This 6th Grader Wanted To See How Many Surfaces Your Cat’s Butt Touches In Your Home, So He Did An Experiment
It’s no secret that cats like to sit. Everywhere. They will climb up on every wardrobe, nook, and cranny of your home and explore every corner. No wonder that in 2004, a very important question was asked: Does your cat’s butt touch every surface of the house? Soon this question became a meme. However, only recently did we receive an answer to this problem.
Thanks to a 6th grader from Tennessee named Kaeden Griffin and his project, we now know that it depends on the cat’s fur and the surface the cat is sitting on. Kaeden did his research with his two cats and documented all of his findings. No worries, no cats were harmed in the process!
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This is Kaeden Griffin with his finished project
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His mom wrote on her Facebook post about the science project: “Get ready for a good laugh! Kaeden completed his 6th-grade science fair project this past week and tackled the challenging task of answering the internet’s most burning question, drum roll, please.”
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“‘Does your cat’s butthole really touch all the surfaces in your home?’ We had a lot of fun with this! As a disclaimer, no cats were harmed in the process of this science project. Non-toxic lipstick was applied to their bum-bums, they were then given a series of commands (sit, wait, lie down, and jump up. Side note: Both cats have been trained since kittenhood with a variety of commands, they also know how to high-five, spin around, and speak.) They were compensated with lots of praise, pets, and their favorite treats, and the lipstick was removed with a baby wipe once we collected our data in just under 10 minutes.”
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Kaeden had to do a lot of research to find out if the cat’s bumhole really touches every surface in the house
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“His results and general findings: Long and medium-haired cats made no actual contact with soft or hard surfaces at all.
Short-haired cats made no contact on hard surfaces, but we did see evidence of a slight smear on the soft bedding surface. In conclusion, if you have a short-haired cat and they may be lying on a pile of laundry, an unmade bed, or another soft, uneven surface, then their butthole may touch those surfaces!”
Kaeden used his two cats for his project. A short-haired cat named Taco and a long-haired cat named Maya. He put non-toxic lipstick on their bumholes for this
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Short-haired Taco sitting on a soft carpeted surface. The paper he sat on was spotless
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Taco sitting on the hard tile surface. Surface again remained spotless!
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Maya refused to sit on the actual sheet of paper they placed for her. So they inspected the carpet where she sat and it was clean
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Maya sitting on the hard tile surface. Again, all clean!
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The conclusion: long-haired cats’ bumholes do not touch any surfaces, short-haired cats’ sometimes do, if the surface is soft like a bed
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What do you think of this project and Kaeden’s research? Would you like to try yourself or is this evidence sufficient? Tell us in the comments down below! Also, don’t forget to go show some love to Kaeden and his mother on their social media accounts!
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An actual question which at last got the actual answer it deserved.
Why? It’s only been on two different cats backsides, I think you can still use it!
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My cat sat on my desk one day. When he got up, i heard his b******e unstick from the desk 🤣 like a sucker🤣 Same thing happened to my dog, but his butt was on a shoe🤣
This was God's Work being done. I have been haunted by the "there is cat butt on every surface you own" rumor for decades. Thank you, Kaeden
I've noticed, however, that cats have a "general sitting" posture and a "I am pressing my a**s on this" posture. The latter tends to happen on cold days to warm, hard surfaces, such as the Xbox, the sandwich toaster and the back of my hand.
You can see that usually there is no contact between... umm... "the object" and surfaces if you ever watched a cat sitting on a glass table (from underneath). Everything dissapears in a crease. Usually.
And now the internet's most burning question is, "How do you get non-toxic lipstick on a cat's b******e without needing stitches?"
We have a small wooden platter on our ottoman ostensibly for drinks, etc., but in reality it’s our cat’s butt platter.
But you better believe any potential girlfriend is going to be keeping close tabs on her lipstick
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Still not getting a long haired cat 😆. I have a short haired cat & she sits on my tv remote & phone several times a day. She also drinks milk out of my glass. I just choose to not be disgusted. She's almost 17 years old and like a child to me. I hope you got an A on your project!!!😻
Heh. Little did they know the cats licked it off so no one would suspect a thing. 🐱
I can only imagine the total disgust and disdain I would be subjected to if I even thought of doing anything like that to my 3 cats!
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My cat left a perfect impression of his b******e on my mum's pants, when he hasn't cleaned his ass properly
terima kasih Kaiden untuk penelitiannya, original aunthentics and anti-mainstream kerreeeenn
I think this kid needs to learn about American butts which are usually dirtier than a cats since most don't have bidets.
Well, my cat jumped and shoved her b******e in my face while a was reading this so.....
I'm sorry, but why isn't someone calling the Nobel Prize Committee? This must come under one of their categories.
This would never pass peer review for lack of an ethics section in the writeup, animal welfare concerns and mitigations ("The Three Rs").
An actual question which at last got the actual answer it deserved.
Why? It’s only been on two different cats backsides, I think you can still use it!
Load More Replies... My cat sat on my desk one day. When he got up, i heard his b******e unstick from the desk 🤣 like a sucker🤣 Same thing happened to my dog, but his butt was on a shoe🤣
This was God's Work being done. I have been haunted by the "there is cat butt on every surface you own" rumor for decades. Thank you, Kaeden
I've noticed, however, that cats have a "general sitting" posture and a "I am pressing my a**s on this" posture. The latter tends to happen on cold days to warm, hard surfaces, such as the Xbox, the sandwich toaster and the back of my hand.
You can see that usually there is no contact between... umm... "the object" and surfaces if you ever watched a cat sitting on a glass table (from underneath). Everything dissapears in a crease. Usually.
And now the internet's most burning question is, "How do you get non-toxic lipstick on a cat's b******e without needing stitches?"
We have a small wooden platter on our ottoman ostensibly for drinks, etc., but in reality it’s our cat’s butt platter.
But you better believe any potential girlfriend is going to be keeping close tabs on her lipstick
Load More Replies... Still not getting a long haired cat 😆. I have a short haired cat & she sits on my tv remote & phone several times a day. She also drinks milk out of my glass. I just choose to not be disgusted. She's almost 17 years old and like a child to me. I hope you got an A on your project!!!😻
Heh. Little did they know the cats licked it off so no one would suspect a thing. 🐱
I can only imagine the total disgust and disdain I would be subjected to if I even thought of doing anything like that to my 3 cats!
Load More Replies... My cat left a perfect impression of his b******e on my mum's pants, when he hasn't cleaned his ass properly
terima kasih Kaiden untuk penelitiannya, original aunthentics and anti-mainstream kerreeeenn
I think this kid needs to learn about American butts which are usually dirtier than a cats since most don't have bidets.
Well, my cat jumped and shoved her b******e in my face while a was reading this so.....
I'm sorry, but why isn't someone calling the Nobel Prize Committee? This must come under one of their categories.
This would never pass peer review for lack of an ethics section in the writeup, animal welfare concerns and mitigations ("The Three Rs").
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