These are a few photographs from a shop in Japan where the owner had glass panels installed in the ceiling so the shop’s resident cats can watch shoppers, and vice-versa. A great idea, but are we sure the rest of those drop panels can support the weight of those cats?

This is a video of super cutie Hosico (Japanese: ‘star child’), a Scottish Fold cat wearing his Halloween costume for this year: a spider. He doesn’t really do much in it though because, just like putting a piece of slightly tacky tape on the back of a cat, he senses

These are four videos (to prove it’s a learned behavior and not just a one-time occurrence) of a hungry cat removing a landline phone from its cradle (Cat’s In The Cradle! — hit it, Harry Chapin) so it starts making the off-hook tone as a sort of makeshift alarm clock

This is a photo of Twitter user @aleashuhh’s cat performing a fairly convincing version of the detachable thumb trick — except with an entire leg — thanks to a tucked paw and the fortuitous position of a dog bone. In @aleashuhh’s own words: “Nearly had a heart attack.” Obviously, I

This is a video demonstration of Ebisu the cat mimicking the actions of her owner and dog trainer Fumi Higaki, who used the ‘Do As I Do’ dog training paradigm to teach Ebisu to repeat the movements she makes. Impressive! For reference, the only human movements my cat mimics are

This is a short video of a guy who managed to capture some footage of his cat Haven cutting some serious z’s on his shoulder. Me? Whenever my pets are doing something interesting my phone is always out of reach. Then by the time I do get to it they’ve

Note: Keep your volume in check. This is a video demonstration of Mew, an electronic theremin-like instrument created by Emily Groves that purrs when a person approaches it, and meows and growls as they touch or pet it. So…it’s basically a pet cat that doesn’t require a litter box. Of