If there’s one thing that’s bound to lift your mood, it’s hilarious pictures of animals. And not just any animals—cats! Our feline overlords have declared that Bored Panda must release a new list about the funniest, most wholesome, and cutest cat posts. So as you scroll down, praise the cats and pet them with upvotes. Remember to share pics of your own cats in the comment section, dear Pandas.

We’ve featured cat posts a loooot over the years, so when you’re done enjoying our newest list, check out our other meowtastic articles here, here, and here.

Cats can be incredibly independent creatures and find it hard to stay still while their pictures are being taken. Cat behaviorist Ingrid Johnson explained to Bored Panda that taking photos of cats is best done in their environment. “Taking cats out of their home for a photo shoot is often where things go awry. Use natural light and play with them to encourage them to look confident and alert,” she explained about how to get the best possible snaps of felines. Read on for the rest of our interview with Ingrid.

#1 Cat Against Thief

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#2 I’m Waiting To Bloom

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#3 Profile Picture

“Also use toys to get them to look in the direction you want! You can shake treats, click, make some sort of sound to get them to look at the camera. As far as keeping them calm, again, it’s about working with what they are naturally giving you rather than trying to force something,” cat behaviorist Ingrid gave us advice about how to work with cats when taking their pictures.

According to the expert, the extent to which cats crave attention from human beings is highly variable and depends on a lot of things.

“The answer is highly variable based on the cat, how well socialized to people they are, their experiences and bond with their human(s), etc. For some cats, they cannot get enough, for others, they approach and engage on their terms. Most cats prefer to control the interactions. Playing ‘hard to get’ is going to welcome the cat to approach you for affection. Cats have little interest in the human that wants to pick them up and smoother them with affection.”

#4 Jeans Cat

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#5 The Wise One

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#6 Took A Pic Of The Cat Lookin Out The Window And Accidentally Turned Him Into Some Sort Of God.

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Ingrid also explained that we have to have realistic expectations and love to learn cats for the individuals that they are, not the ‘perfect’ pets that we’d want them to be. You can read more about that right here.

How much attention a cat needs depends on the breed, as well as on each individual. However, you should still be prepared to give your catto at least 20 minutes of one-on-one worship time each day.

If your cat feels left out and unloved, you can be sure that it’ll let you know. It’s pretty straightforward: if your cat keeps meowing at you, getting in your way while you work from home, jumping in your lap, knocking things over, and irritating you, guess what—it wants your attention!

#7 Oh Lawd, He Comin’

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#8 This Is Our Cat Charlotte. She Is Not Familiar With Boundaries, And Has Exactly Zero Shame.

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#9 Macavity The Mystery Cat

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So meow back. Play with it. Pet it. Set up an impromptu photoshoot for it and snap a few pictures to share with your friends. Remind yourself that your cat’s a living being that craves attention from its owner.

Left unchecked and ignored, cats could resort to causing more chaos. Some felines do this by clawing furniture if pawing at your arms or legs isn’t enough.

However, rewarding cats for negative behavior is counter-productive, too. So shower your pet with love when it’s acting like a polite furball, not a petulant teenager. Hopefully, that will help you and your cat live a happy life full of mutual adoration.

#10 A Friend Of Mine Has Bathroom Art For Their Cat

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#11 Meowteor

#12 A Mystery Solved In Three Photos…

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#13 The Light Coming From The Bathroom Window Makes My Cat Look Like She Just Had A Great Idea

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#14 After Having A Tooth Out Today My Cat Decided To Use Her Fish Dinner As False Teeth

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#15 Coffee Table: Expectation vs. Reality

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#16 My Cats Keep Pushing Each Other In My Trash Can

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#17 Fluffy Rice Ball

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#18 Curiosity Inconvenienced The Cat.

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#19 He Has His Own Figure, I’m Crying

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#20 Is It Too Much Cuddle?

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#21 Cat Gets Mad When Mom Won’t Let Him Outside

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#22 Onlyfans Cat

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#23 When I Took One Of My Cats To Visit The Dogs

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#24 And It Was Going So Well…

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#25 Didn’t Plan The Photo This Way, Gizmo Was Just A Heavenly Cat…

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#26 You Cant See Me

#27 This Cat Fits Perfectly In This Statues Lap

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#28 Jesus Cat

#29 I Stuck An Empty Toilet Paper Tube On His Leg And He Gave Me This Look

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#30 Magic

#31 Hissing Booth

#32 Like Father Like Son.

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#33 Same Same But Different

#34 My Cats Don’t Like That I Go To Work So Early In The Morning Now (Healthcare) So They Apparently Staged An Intervention

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#35 Cats Trying To See Over The Bush Outside..

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#36 There’s No Boba In It!

#37 If It Fits, I Sits

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#38 Copycat

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#39 Ui Design vs. User Experience

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#40 When You Think The Villain Is Dead At The End Of The Movie

#41 Meggie Knows How To Communicate Despite Being Deaf And Blind

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#42 My Dad Bought A Cactus To Discourage Mingus From Getting On The Counter. Here’s Mingus With The Cactus. (Photo By My Dad)

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#43 Lil Dude Had To Get Shaved For Surgery

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#44 A Year And A Half Ago, One Treat Fell Down This Vent Accidently. My Cat Patrick Bateman Still Checks It Every Single Day To See If It’s There. Never Forget Buddy. Never Forget.

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#45 I Need To Get My Energy Back

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#46 It Doesn’t Look Like A Very Comfortable Position, But You Do You, Lady Jane

#47 The Hand Of Saruman

#48 An Acceptable Traffic Jam

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#49 It Was The Worst Day Of His Life

#50 Bruh

#51 Every Single Day I Have To Gaze Upon This Eldritch Horror.

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#52 Humans Are Food Utensils

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#53 Aw Lawd She’s On The Watermalone

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#54 Do I Eat Myself Or Not? I’m Facing A Real Dilemma Here. Cookie By

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#55 Nooo Hooman!! You Forgot My Dinner!

#56 Me_irl

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#57 He Did A Bunch Of Catnip, Saw Himself In The Mirror And Had A Self-Realization That He Indeed, Is A Cat.

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#58 Who The Hell Said Pspsps

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#59 Arrived At Work And Noticed I Had A Passenger. Guess We’re Going Home Again…

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#60 Mr. Bigglesworth Likes To Put His Paw On My Head When I’m Preparing Things In The Kitchen.

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#61 Same Cat, 2 Years Apart

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#62 My Sister’s Cat Worshipping Some Kind Of Cat God

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#63 What Have You Done Human?

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#64 Precious

#65 Distorted By Glass

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#66 Here’s Johnny!

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#67 He’s Charging Up For His Special Attack

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#68 This Is Higgins And Benson, Two Brothers From South Of Stockholm, Sweden Who Likes To Hang Around When I Do The Dishes

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#69 You Press The Beans, You Get The Means

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#70 For Everyone Who Have Cats

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#71 This Giant Cat At My Work

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#72 Extra Fancy.

#73 How The Hell

#74 It’s His Favorite Sitting Position

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#75 They Got School Tomorrow

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#76 Mother And Her Baby ❤

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#77 M A J O R F L U F F

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#78 There’s An Imposter Among Us!

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#79 Master Assassin

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#80 Am The Only One That Thinks He Looks Like A Otter

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#81 “I Just Wondered What Was There.”

#82 Super Needy

#83 My Cat’s Doppelganger Lives Upstairs From Us.

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#84 That’s Not How It’s Supposed To Work

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#85 One Of These Things Is Not Like The Others…

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#86 Its Michael Cera

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#87 What If We Kissed…. In The Goth-O-Lantern Bucket……haha Just Kidding…… Unless?

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#88 Its Not My Fault

#89 Not Even Onions Can Tear Us Apart, Hooman.

#90 Before And After A Bath 🙂

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#91 Doobie For Ruby

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#92 B A N A N A S

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#93 I Left The Groceries For One Minute So I Could Pee And He Took A Bite Out Of Every Single Tortilla. I Hate Him I Hate Him I Hate Him I Hate Him

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#94 Baking The Beans

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#95 Our Cat Larry Was Adopted 3 Months Ago And Sometimes Has A Hard Time Fitting In With His New Brothers. He Was Never Allowed To Explore His Backyard In The Past So His “Hunting” Skills Are A Bit New. Yesterday He Brought The Family His First “Catch” It Was A Leaf And We Are All Very Proud!

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#96 My Cat Tuna Fish’s Reaction To Seeing Me In The Bath. She’s The Most Expressive Cat I’ve Ever Had!

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#97 Would You Like A Cup Of Cat?

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#98 Again? I Do Not Own This Cat. I Do Not Know This Cat. I Do Not Know How This Cat Got In My House.

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#99 Phoebe Is My Cat

#100 The Cat Closed The Balcony Door On Me By Standing On The Handle And Pushing It Down. I Had To Wait For Someone Who Had A Key To My Apartment To Open It Up For Me. Luckily, I Had My Phone With Me.

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#101 1 Year Later Lyle Has Mastered Her Glare.

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#102 3months vs. 6 Months, Maine Coons Grow Super Fast

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#103 Power Strike

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#104 ????

#105 They’re Social Distancing.

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#106 This Is Abraham, My Girlfriend’s Mom’s Giant Cat

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#107 Cleaning Was Successful

#108 Chonky Boi

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#109 Henlo There Hooman

#110 The Prettiest Flower In The Garden

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#111 Cat Thief Caught Red-Handed For Stealing Eggs

#112 Behave.

#113 “Hermes”

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#114 Cat Goes To Japan University To Sleep In Class As It Cannot Be Bothered

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#115 Be Very Afraid!

#116 Always Check Your Pillows Before Sitting Down

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#117 This Kitten Is Affecting Me On A Molecular Level

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#118 Read Cats See Family Drawing With Chalk And Decide They Want To Play Too

#119 My Fat Cat

#120 Obsessed W These Pics Of My Cat Trying To Eat Fake Grass

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#121 “Cheeeeeeeese!!!”

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#122 Just Bought A New Cat Bed. That’s Not How You Use It, Sweetie.

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#123 My Cat Chews On Furniture Constantly So We Had To Buy Him Dog’s Dental Treats To Keep Him Occupied With It Instead. He Really Likes Them.

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#124 This Is How He Tells Me He’s Out Of Water.

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#125 Caught In The Act

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#126 Ghost Was Pretending To Sleep But The Ruse Ended When I Stopped Petting Him For One Millisecond.

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#127 “Get A Sphynx,” They Said. “They’re So Regal And Exotic,” They Said. My Son Is A T-Rex.

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#128 Face Exchange

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#129 Wizard Hat Cat For Your Tl.

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#130 Holy Crap

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#131 My Mother Was Wondering Why Flowers Were Growing Only In Half The Pot.

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#132 Happy Caturday

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#133 Mosque Security On Patrol

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#134 I Sneezed And My Kitten Was Disgusted.

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#135 Watching The Squirrels ?

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#136 Ultimate Posture

#137 Get Yourself A Man Who Can Smile Vividly And Genuinely While Trying To Hold Three Fluffy Assholes.

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#138 Time To Sprint Around The House.

#139 My Most Obnoxious Animal, And He’s Not Even High On Catnip.

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#140 The Pocket Tiger

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#141 Took The Kittens To The Vet Today.

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#142 The Cutest Alarm Clock I Could Ever Own

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#143 Blep

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#144 Look At My Beans!

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#145 Let Meow In!

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#146 How The Hell Did They Perfectly Steal The Fish Out Of My Sushi I Hate This

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#147 No

#148 Me: “Why Does Nobody Love Me?” Also Me When Someone Approaches Me:

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#149 Life Imeowtates Art

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#150 Look At Her Living Life Like She Pays Her Own Vet Bills

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#151 《~•~》

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#152 A Good Ninja Is Never Seen!

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#153 Premium Catnip

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#154 I’ve Touched His Belly Again :’)

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#155 My BF Told Me He Was Bringing Me A Coffee At Work Today And I Go Downstairs And He Brought My Cat Into My Corporate Office

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#156 Sorry I Cant Be Her

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#157 Everyone Please Look At My Girlfriend’s Cat…he Just Stands

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#158 Distort Cat

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#159 Found The Spot

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#160 They Are Sitting Watching The Storm Like This????????? I Have Perished

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#161 When You’re Too Tired To Finish Grooming!

#162 My Cat About To Bite Foot

#163 There’s A Whole F**king Couch Man

#164 I’m Not Turning Around Unless You Put The Camera Down!

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