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Cat Installs Duck Blind in Kitchen

When a decades old ban on hunting in the kitchen was recently lifted, Olivia the cat rushed right out to Dick’s Sporting Goods to purchase what she needed.

She bought a lot of stuff, but her favorite purchase, according to friends, is the duck blind she installed near the refrigerator.

“She’ll hide in there for hours,” said Pamela Marquez, an associate of the kitty. “She runs from one end to the other, over and over, hoping to see a duck before it sees her.”

So far Olivia has not seen any ducks. We’re told they’re very rare indoors. She did snare a moth yesterday, but let it go after playing with it. Moths are protected under catch and release laws in this part of the house.

Via marionbcn.

Photographer Cat Only Shoots Canon

Ella the cat doesn’t mess around when it comes to photography equipment. The kitty, who also serves as a sports photographer for Sports Illustrated, will only shoot Canon.

“It’s all about the autofocus,” said Jan Wassner, Ella’s boss at SI. “The Dual Pixel CMOS AF makes for a faster focus speed in the live view. That’s huge when you’re photographing fast-moving action.”

Plus, Ella apparently has a pretty gigantic lens collection, and there’s no good reason to switch to a new – and incompatible – camera body when she’s already so satisfied with Canon.

There are downsides, though. The AF on some of her older lenses can be noisy enough to spook Ella while shooting. She’s lost a few potentially great shots to scary autofocus motors.

Via Alex Fitzpatrick.