Saturday, September 16, 2017

Animal,Vegetable or Mineral

Today's title was at one time the name of an early TV program from 1952-1959 but I digress. Most folks have heard about the Ig Nobel awards which are for the most part about thinking of things in different ways and if that makes a person laugh all the better. In 2014 a French researcher was awarded the prize for his study "Can a Cat Be Both a Liquid and a Solid?" The physics portion of the prize concluded that younger cats held their shape better than older felines and proved it through mathematical calculations. See examples below.
 Tight fit: A bizarre craze for stuffing a pet cat into a jar seems to be growing in popularity with dozens of owners posted photos online
A bizarre craze for stuffing a pet cat into a jar seems to be growing in popularity with dozens of owners posted photos online.
A bizarre craze for stuffing a pet cat into a jar seems to be growing in popularity with dozens of owners posted photos online.
Fancy a tipple: One of the most cruel shows a kitten stuffed in an oversized baby's bottle with the teat intact while another shows one of the animals squashed into a wine glass
Last month a Taiwanese college student who stuffed her cat into a jar as a 'punishment for misbehaving' was charged with animal abuse
Last month a Taiwanese college student who stuffed her cat into a jar as a 'punishment for misbehaving' was charged with animal abuse after she posted a picture on to Facebook of her cat inside the glass container.
This cat looks decidedly uncomfortable and awkward in this glass bowl
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