We all know that the internet loves cats. Whether it’s a viral cat celebrity like Grumpy Cat or a bunch of kitties screaming their little heads off, we can’t get enough of them. And while humans discussing and swooning over cats dominates various spaces online, have you ever considered what it would be like if the cats themselves were chronically online? Subtweeting you every time breakfast is served a few minutes too late or sharing selfies on their Instagram stories to taunt the dogs that can’t catch them, what a world that would be if all of our cats had their own social meowdia accounts…
Thankfully for all you cat lovers out there who want to imagine what it would be like if your furry feline friends were online, there is the “memes i wish i could tag my cat in” Twitter account. Sharing countless funny and adorable pics of cats from around the internet, this page is the next best thing to actually having your cats online. We’ve gathered some of our favorite posts from this brilliant account to share with you down below, so be sure to upvote all of the ones that you would slide into your cat’s DMs with. Keep reading to also find an interview with Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado, scientist and Certified Cat Behavior Consultant. Then if your appetite for cat memes still isn’t satiated, you can check out Bored Panda’s last piece on “memes i wish i could tag my cat in” right here.
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Clearly, there are many people online who are dying to share memes with their cats, as “memes i wish i could tag my cat in” has amassed over 780k followers since it was first launched in February 2021. In a previous interview with Bored Panda, the creator of the account, Pyrrhica, said that the inspiration for the page came from social media. She saw a tweet that said, “I wish I could tag my cat in memes” and thought it was a great idea. The page originally started on Facebook but soon moved to Twitter where it has been flourishing ever since. “The original person [who tweeted about the idea] actually contacted me… and said she loved that I turned her post into a real community,” Pyrrhica told Bored Panda.
To help us understand cats a little better, we reached out to Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado PhD, scientist and Certified Cat Behavior Consultant. First, we wanted to know what makes cats so special. “I think cats are appealing to people because they walk a fine line between domesticated/cuddly, and a little bit wild,” Dr. Delgado says. “Although cats are domesticated, we have not changed a lot of things about their appearance and behavior from their closest wild relatives (the African wildcat). I also think people love cats because they are beautiful, funny, and a joy to live with.”
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We were also curious how smart cats really are. “Cats are really good at what they have evolved to do best: hunt. I don’t really think of any animals as being smarter than any other species,” Dr. Delgado explained. “Evolutionarily, every species has a job to do, something that they are really good at and for cats that is hunting. I would be terrible at catching a mouse or bird, but I’m good at human things, like statistics and social interactions with other humans!”
We also asked Dr. Delgado if cats feel love or affection for their owners. If you are now holding your breath hoping to hear that your feline friend loves you back, you can relax. “Yes, I believe that cats who have been socialized appropriately from a young age and are living in a caring home do feel love or affection for their owners, but all cats have unique ways of showing it,” Dr. Delgado told Bored Panda. “Some cats are very affectionate and will rub on you, or sit on your lap, purring. Other cats may sit right next to you, like being petted, or may like to be in the same room as you even if they aren’t sitting on your lap. Other cats enjoy playtime or training with their humans. All of these cats are showing their love, even if it doesn’t look the same in every cat!”
If you’d like to hear even more cat insight from Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado, you can find her website right here.
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I would love to see what cats would share online. I can imagine they would often complain about not having enough freedom to roam around outside, not being fed enough, how much they hate the neighborhood dogs, and their Sunday morning hangovers from indulging in a bit too much catnip the night before. But all of this talk about cats online has me wondering: what do they actually think about all day? So I consulted Senior Cat Wellness’ blog post on that exact topic to help us understand the inner workings of a cat’s mind a little bit better.
Compared to dogs, who are often expressive and very easy to read, cats tend to be aloof and mysterious. But many cats also seem very smart, so there must be something going on inside of those little brains of theirs. According to Richard Parker at Senior Cat Wellness, “During the day, cats recall memories, consider them, and adjust future behavior. Cats don’t spend their time thinking about their day or how they feel. Also, cats don’t have idle thoughts as they lack a default mode network, and they can’t think in a language as they lack Wernicke-like areas,” he explains.
“Cats can’t think consciously, only subconsciously. Still, cats think about previous experiences and use them to guide their future behavior. Only having memories to rely on limits the scope of things cats can contemplate. However, as long as they feel content, they don’t need much more.”
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Cats may seem relatively simple because they are not capable of contemplating their feelings or much about themselves and their environment, but they do understand certain things. Richard provides the example of how a cat resting with its eyes closed is likely not thinking about anything; it is just resting. But as soon as you approach your cat and present it with a new toy, his or her working memory is engaged, and it will draw on previous experiences to determine what to do with the toy. “Cats’ working memory is only active when presented with new information,” Richard explains. “Once the cat is familiar with the toy, it won’t think about playing with it, as it’s acting entirely on instinct.”
As far as when cats are just chilling and relaxing, you can think about it like they are meditating. Since they do not really have feelings, they won’t be dwelling on how you accidentally locked them outside for an hour this morning or how you fed them breakfast after eating yours first. Your cat can be sleepy or content, but until it is disrupted or distracted, it’s working memory is essentially turned off.
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Cats also don’t think in any particular language. In fact, they don’t really use language at all. They only meow when they want to get attention or need something from humans, but they have no need to meow towards one another. However, they may learn how to understand certain things that you say based on experience and context. “Cats are creatures of habit, and they can associate certain gestures, sounds, and smells with specific things. If you always ask your cat if it’s hungry just before feeding it, it’ll come to associate the words, your tone of voice, and the can in your hand with food, reacting to this knowledge,” Richard explains. “When you ask if it’s hungry, the reaction you get from your cat comes from conditioning and habit.” So unfortunately, when you catch your cat making a sound that is strikingly similar to “hello” or “help”, it’s just a coincidence. Perhaps if they were on Twitter, they would be more inclined to share photos and videos than text tweets…
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Although cats do not think or communicate with language, they have found other ways to process information. “Cats can think in pictures, using their working memory to process information and guide their actions temporarily. They have logic and reasoning capabilities without needing to use language,” Richard writes. “That’s much like babies who have yet to learn how to talk. When a cat is learning something new, it uses its senses to make sense of things.” In fact, cats have been found to have excellent object permanence, according to one study from George Mason University. So don’t think you can pull a fast one on your cat by removing that pillow you want them to stop sitting on. They will be looking for it all day.
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Anyone who has ever owned a cat knows they are special creatures, but for those of you who don’t know too much about kitties, or those who are always interested in learning more, we checked out Charlottesville Cat Care Clinic’s list of “Fun Trivia About Your Feline Friend”. A common thing for new parents, human parents, to do when their children are first born is to count all of their fingers and toes. When we do this, we’re only looking for 10 of each, but did you know that cats are supposed to have 18 toes? Their front paws have 5 each, and their back paws have only 4 each. Their claws also all curve downward, meaning that after they climb up a tree, they have to back down tail-first. Maybe this is where the cliché of cats getting stuck in trees and needing to be rescued by firefighters comes from?
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Felines may be small, but their bone structure is pretty impressive. Humans only have 206 bones, but cats have a whopping 230 bones in their tiny bodies. Their collarbones also don’t connect to any of their other bones, as they are buried in their shoulder muscles. But their entire bodies are outstanding, as they even have an extra organ that gives them the ability to taste scents, which is why you may have seen a cat staring at you with its mouth wide open before. And when it comes to those rough tongues of theirs, they can lick any bone clean without leaving even a shred of meat behind. Even the way they walk is special. Only cats, camels, and giraffes move with both of their right feet first and then both of their left feet.
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This will not come as a surprise to anyone, but cats also love to sleep. In fact, they usually sleep about 12-16 hours per day. They are also crepuscular, meaning they are the most active around sunrise and sunset, but if you keep your cat active during the day, they will sleep better at night. Cats might even love to party too, as it is believed that catnip produces a similar effect in cats to LSD or marijuana in humans. But the effects wear off after about 15 minutes and don’t come back for several hours, even if the catnip remains somewhere it can be sniffed.
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Anyone who has a cat knows that they can also be very particular about things. Many of them refuse to even drink from their bowls if they prefer water directly from the sink. It is also important to them that they have a private place to do their business, so multiple cats should not be sharing the same litter box. And if they don’t like the food they’re being given, they will refuse to eat to the point of starvation. And when it comes to scents, most cats despise citrus scents, but for some reason, they often love the smell of chlorine.
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We hope you’re enjoying this list of adorable and hilarious cat memes. Keep upvoting all of the ones that you would tag your own cats in, and feel free to let us know in the comments what you think your cat would post on social media. Then if you’re looking for even more memes that your cat would love if they could understand them, don’t forget to check out our last article feature “memes i wish i could tag my cat in” right here.
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