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Wet Cat Photos Take Web by Storm
abcnews ^ | June 10, 2009 | KI MAE HEUSSNER

Posted on 06/10/2009 5:48:47 AM PDT by JoeProBono

You haven't seen angry until you've seen a cat with his head under a faucet. If there's anything the stereotypically haughty house pets despise it's being wet. "I think it's the closest you can see in the animal world to someone giving you the finger," said veterinarian Marty Becker, co-author of "Why Do Cats Always Land on Their Feet?" "That look is unique in the animal world of total disgust. ... It's just a classic." And yet that look is taking the Internet by storm.

As feline photo blogs continue to draw millions of visitors each month, the wet cat sub-genre is taking on a life of its own. "They make such great drama, it's like watching daytime soap in a bucket," said Ben Huh, CEO of ICanHasCheezburger.com, one of the most popular cat photo blogs on the Internet. Each month, he said, about 3.6 million unique visitors check out his site for a daily dose of the feline funnies.

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cat; kittehs
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To: JoeProBono

Looks like he’s gotten in touch with his “inner tiger”.


21 posted on 06/10/2009 6:11:18 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: JoeProBono

OMG. LOL!

You totally win the award on the pics!

Hysterical!


22 posted on 06/10/2009 6:12:26 AM PDT by Atom Smasher
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23 posted on 06/10/2009 6:12:54 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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24 posted on 06/10/2009 6:20:33 AM PDT by paulycy (BEWARE the LIBERAL/MEDIA Complex)
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25 posted on 06/10/2009 6:21:00 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

ping


26 posted on 06/10/2009 6:22:15 AM PDT by The SISU kid (I feel really homesick all the time & so do all the other aliens.....)
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To: JoeProBono

I love this picture. I have so been there!


27 posted on 06/10/2009 6:24:21 AM PDT by Roses0508
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To: paulycy

28 posted on 06/10/2009 6:25:44 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

“Yahooooooooooo! WHEEEEEEEEEE!”


29 posted on 06/10/2009 6:32:47 AM PDT by paulycy (BEWARE the LIBERAL/MEDIA Complex)
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To: paulycy
Firsty


30 posted on 06/10/2009 6:35:25 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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31 posted on 06/10/2009 6:36:42 AM PDT by paulycy (BEWARE the LIBERAL/MEDIA Complex)
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To: JoeProBono

After bathing 2 kittens, my husband got the bright idea to blow-dry them....needless to say, he has the scars to prove what a great idea THAT was...


32 posted on 06/10/2009 6:42:57 AM PDT by homegroan (Proud to be a Palinite!)
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33 posted on 06/10/2009 6:44:55 AM PDT by paulycy (BEWARE the LIBERAL/MEDIA Complex)
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To: JoeProBono

My cat used to swim in our pool. I also have a picture of him allowing our small parrot sit on his head.


34 posted on 06/10/2009 6:45:58 AM PDT by stockpirate (The 2nd amendment protects all other rights as outlined in our constitution. Without it we fall.)
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To: ArrogantBustard
Tigers don't have the distaste for water that the rest of the family felidae has.
35 posted on 06/10/2009 6:50:22 AM PDT by Cheburashka ("Ah, Roulette. My favorite game, after Call of Duty.")
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To: paulycy

Loch Ness Catster????


36 posted on 06/10/2009 6:52:12 AM PDT by Young Werther (Julius Caesar (Quae Cum Ita Sunt. Since these things are so.))
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37 posted on 06/10/2009 6:52:25 AM PDT by Squidpup ("Fight the Good Fight")
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To: Cheburashka
I iz not tiger.

I likez watr.

38 posted on 06/10/2009 6:55:28 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: JoeProBono

I had a white cat, snowball,totally deaf, who loved to wade in the brook in front of my house. He’d just stroll through the water and munch on the grass along the edge.


39 posted on 06/10/2009 6:56:17 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: Young Werther
Loch Ness Catster????

:0)

40 posted on 06/10/2009 6:57:47 AM PDT by paulycy (BEWARE the LIBERAL/MEDIA Complex)
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