Goofy, jumpy, silly, impawsibly fuzzy… yep, we’re talking cat pics. The internet’s—and our!—single most loved subject matter we could scroll through for ages and ages and ages…
Shall we all just call ourselves the unofficial experts of all things cats? I mean, we’ve already seen them acting bizarrely: from sleeping in the weirdest places on earth to being total jerks with no remorse to having their .exe just randomly stop working.
Speaking of .exe, don’t you ever think these two make a purrfect combination? What if an .exe that’s not in order is really a part of a feline's genome? We’re not gonna just jump to conclusions, not until we scroll through the Cat_virus.exe Instagram account that’s entirely dedicated to, you guessed it, our furballs going bananas! “Cat art museum,” states the page’s laconic description, and you kinda get it.
Isn’t it really the hands-down weirdest and for that matter, funniest, cat pics compilation out there? And its 288k followers are nodding their heads.
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Who Woke Me Up
Bored Panda reached out to the author of the Cat_virus.exe Instagram page, who preferred to stay anonymous. “My idea for the cat_virus page is to keep an archive of all the most popular cat pics on the internet, and nothing else,” they told us.
“Before I had this page, for over 2 years I posted cat pics on the stories of my personal account, so one day I decided to create a page to save all the hundreds of pics I had, and it went viral due to its name because no other page had a name like this at the time.”
And when it comes to the page’s name, the author said it was just a test to see if Instagram would allow it.
Say Cheeese
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“Sometimes I get some submissions, but most of the time I just steal from other Instagram and Facebook pages, I have to assume,” they said. But taking pics from others out of the context can surely get you into trouble. Turns out, that’s what happened to the author of Cat_virus.exe.
“And the fact that I just get the image for its value and don't pay attention to its context got me in trouble a few times, because I rarely know the source. But my followers always help me by commenting who I should credit,” they added, thanking their Instagram audience of 290k followers.
When asked why internet is crazy about cats, the creator of Cat_virus.exe said that “their naturality makes them so special, how they don't care about a thing and just try to do things in their own manner. For me that's what makes them so cute and funny.”
Very Important
Free Himb
What Are Those
Bored Panda reached out to Molly DeVoss, a certified feline training and behavior specialist who runs Cat Behavior Solutions agency to find out what she thinks about cats taking the internet by storm. “Most studies find in many parts of the world dogs are more popular than cats—but it’s no mystery that a good cat photo can take the internet by storm,” said Molly when asked what is it that makes cats such popular content on the internet.
She continued: “I think people are obsessed with cat pictures and videos on the internet because cats are typically “poker faced”—meaning they don’t visually express emotions like their canine counterparts do. Cats instinctively don’t show vulnerability because they are both predator and prey; to appear readable could be life-threatening for them.”
Back To Narnia
What Are They Planning? 🤔
Gotta Get Two More For The Hands
Moreover, “When a cat makes a human-like facial expression or inadvertently mimics a human gesture, we think it’s 'cute'; mostly because it is atypical of the species,” Molly added. “Also, anyone who has lived with a cat knows how incredibly majestic and beautiful they are; it’s a lot like living with a tiny wild animal. Their grace, nimbleness, and climbing ability are captivating to watch,” the cat behavior expert concluded.
Fibonacci In Everything
So Tiny
Kamehamehaaaa
I'll Get My Revenge
GF Reveal
He Owns It All
Brother No 😢
Why Does He Stay Like This
Bake It
Not Impressed
The Biblically Accurate Angels
Got A New Haircut. How Do I Kook?
He's Safe Now
👁️👅👁️
Pls Stop Im Tryin To Sleep
Polite
Chömp
Friend
Look, I am really sorry to ask you to meet me all the way out here, this late at night, but the truth is, Bert needs bail money again, and his hooman can not find out about it this time. Are you gonna be cool about this?!
Gib It To Me
The Neighbors Kid
Although an older cat, little did Filbert know at the time, that there was no such thing, as " dog tipping". And that dogs don't sleep with their eyes open. But another group of cats were going to make sure he found out, later that night. As you can tell by the photograph, taken approximately 2 hours before the incident-the cat on the left -a meownial generation cat, displays his common disdain for jokes that start with, " Well, when I was a cat your age..". Police think the events that lead up to the incident were related.
Safe
Pet Him Too :(
Ready To Travel
"Economy class sucks, Dan. Didn't I tell you the seats keep getting smaller??"
Son, We Need To Talk
Aaaaaaaaaaaaa
A Dbz Remake Better Than The Movie
WTF you lookin at, hooman? It was my birthday-they kept buyin me shots....
Dinnerbone
I hope this is in the middle of movement, otherwise I don't like it.
Teef
Monch
Our Only Hope
Garfield Is Acting Strange
Help
Oh wow, cool-it's one of those new multi chargers! You can charge your phone and the cat at the same time. Cat blinks at 100%
Hmmmm Yummy
I Wonder Who Did It
I Need My Money
Doot Doot
The question is can he make a sound resembling music? I know I can't.
Nice Car Dude
Me After Dinner
Nooooo. Stop Bullying Him
Helo
"If you think this is bad, just wait till you see what's hiding under your bed!"
He Boot Too Big For He Gotdamn Feet
Howdy M'lady
Look At This Distinguished Gentleman
ˢᵐᵒˡ ᵇᵇ
Ugh, Too Far. Guess I'll Starve
Feline Cute, Might Delete It Later
That's How I Sleep Every Night
Bonk
This Could Be Us
Meowy Xmas Yall
I know when you are sleeping…I know when your awake.. get me out of this this or this will be your last mistake..
Late Night Train Ride
He Boot Too Big For He Gotdamn Feet
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Oops
What Is He Listening To?
High Value Pack
Suspicious
*rapping claws on windowsill impatiently * "Hooman gonna open the front door,-this is my chance to make it this time, ok, remain calm, act like your not paying attention, stay calm, DONT LOOK DONT LOOK DONT LOOK...wait for it...waaaaaiiiiiit for it, that's it, hooman, open the door slowly...look at me, ok, look at me now, LOOK AT ME DAMMIT, ahh, you looked!! Tryin to make sure I am not paying attention to you opening the door, aaaaannd DONT LOOK DONT LOOK DONT LOOK....wait for it, waaaaaaaait for it, starting to slowly shut the door now, thinks they made it without me -get ready, right foot is pulling back out of door blocking range...not too sooooon, still act casual....ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!"
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Athlete
Obligatory Existential Crisis While Pizza Is In The Oven
Shark
Stop Looking, Perv
What Is He Watching?
Cheez
Da kitty get da chez, da kitty get da chez, hi ho a-dairy-o da kitty get da chez.....
Nice
What's Up With The Furby Eyes?
Don't Be Mean To Him. He's Just A 🐥
Safety Is Number One Priority
That kitty looks like he is gonna tear somebody up as soon as he gets outta that mess...
Monch
You What?
I had a kitty that was 3 weeks old....too smol for a bottle-so I had to feed him his kitty formula with just a straw. He looked like this a lot, poor thing. Miss him.
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Long Live The King
La Creatura
Who Buys A Carpet Like This?
This Could Be Us
Medieval Warriors Be Like
Chonky
Chomp
When Whiskers decided that the hoovering had been going on for far too long.
Nooo Don't Flush Him
You just know the kitten under the toilet cistern dared him to get in there.
Cyberbullying Is Real
Chocolate
Bunny
