PHOTO OP: Calf and Lamb
Via @FarmSanctuary.
Cat’s Home Makeover Show Renewed for 2nd Season
Cat’s Home Makeover Show Renewed for 2nd Season
Fans of the hit HGTV show Cat Builds a Hot Tin Roof will be excited to learn that the network has picked it up for a second season, according to TVGuide.
The home makeover show – in which a cat named Sam remodels dilapidated houses and apartments while their owners are on vacation – has been chided by some critics as formulaic. But fans can’t get enough of the eye candy.
“Normally, it’s a hunky carpenter who comes in to install beams and cabinets,” says Marcy Stillwater, who has watched the show religiously since episode one. “But Sam brings in kitties, puppies, koala bears – the cutest day laborers you’ve ever seen!”
Some have speculated that the “reality show” is anything but. “How could a bunch of kittens with no thumbs install a hot water heater? How?" writes Duncan Geoffrey in his Entertainment Weekly review. "There must be a human crew.”
But the show’s producers hold fast to their commitment that everything you see unfold in each episode is real, minus some small editing liberties here and there.
Via @CharlieReeder.
PHOTO OP: Neighborhood Watch
PHOTO OP: Neighborhood Watch
Via @BelennSepulveda.
Child Anthropologist Accepted by Pug Tribe
Child Anthropologist Accepted by Pug Tribe
A young anthropologist named Jackson has been living among a New Jersey tribe of pugs since early 2011 in order to document their complex social interactions.
“It’s really the disguise – an oversized pug face T-shirt – that has endeared him to the family group,” says Dr. Marc Henning, a colleague familiar with Jackson’s research. “They have truly accepted him as one of their own – eating together, sleeping in the same huts. To my knowledge, no one has been able to study this remote group so intimately.”
Jackson is set to publish his first paper in the journal Pug Science this August, but has no intention of returning to civilization.
“He’ll likely remain embedded with the tribe for a few more years,” says Dr. Henning. “The opportunity to collect more data here is too important.”
Via Adam Berberich.
Cat Wastes Entire Day Watching Netflix
Cat Wastes Entire Day Watching Netflix
Henry, a cat from Winnipeg, Canada, sat up suddenly late Wednesday afternoon after coming to a shocking revelation.
“He spent his whole day watching bird documentaries on Netflix,” says Josh Singleton, a source close to the situation. “His inbox is overflowing, the laundry is half done, and his mom’s pissed that he didn’t call. It’s like he just got sucked in and couldn’t get off the couch.”
Reports from the ground do indicate that Henry has slowly slumped back into a routine. “But a Netflix binge like that is hard to recover from,” says Dr. Shira Steinberg, an expert in time-wasting disorders and procrastination. “It might take him a day or two to get his Mojo back. And yes, Mojo is a medical term.”
Submitted by Marisa Halek.