If You Love Cats, You'll Be Happy to Know Why They're More Popular Than Ever
by N/A, 10 years ago |
2 min read
Of all the wild things you can find on the internet, it seems like cat videos and cat memes are in serious abundance. These feline experts talked to Vice about what makes cats on the internet so popular and why they aren't going away anytime soon.Â
This is Jeffrey Bussolini. He's the owner of the Center for Feline Studies.
He studies the interaction between cats and humans, as well as cats with other cats. He also studies cat behavior and communication.
One of his specific areas of interest is cat yoga.
He noticed that while doing yoga in the center, the cats would often join in practice.Â
Bussolini has drawn a comparison between cats and human babies.
He says that their big eyes and round faces make people want to nurture and protect them.
Amy Kellner created Vice's cute show because of her love of cute cats.
Both Jeff and Amy rely on the infinite archive of internet cat videos for their work.
The experts sit down with Vice and discuss how cats came to be such a popular internet phenomenon.
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