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Cat’s Parkour Videos Explode on YouTube
“We really didn’t expect anyone to find them. She just wanted a recording so she could improve.”
That’s what SkeetMaster8 tells The Fluffington Post, preferring to be quoted with his YouTube username rather than his full identity. The friend and amateur stunt coordinator for Neptune, a 12-week-old cat from Hollywood, CA, filmed a handful of her parkour videos and uploaded them to YouTube on Monday.
“A user on one of the parkour forums found it and posted it the next day,” says SkeetMaster8. “The next thing we know, it’s on the parkour subreddit, and by Wednesday, Buzzfeed is covering it. It really blew up from there.”
One video shows the young cat leaping effortlessly between buildings and running sideways on vertical walls, seemingly defying gravity with her own momentum. It has accrued 2.2 million views and counting.
“She’s been approached by sponsors,” says SkeetMaster8. “Which is pretty amazing, but not all of the stunts are exactly, ah, legal. So we’re working that out.”
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Miami Rabbit Bistro Gets Michelin Star
Le Lapin, a small bunny bistro in Miami, was awarded a coveted Michelin star, the first for any U.S.-based rabbit eatery.
The small 12 seat restaurant landed on the culinary map last year after a review in Saveur magazine called their dill salad, “a revelation on a plate.” Following that review, the restaurant has had a minimum two-month wait for reservations.
It serves a single, $225 per person prix fixe menu that changes daily.
Restauranteur Jean Toussaint, who is an investor in Le Lapin, said even with the star they won’t be raising prices or expanding. “We have had a vision since day one,” he said, “and we’ll continue to execute it.”
Le Lapin also holds the distinction of being the only Michelin starred restaurant that serves rabbits, rather than serving rabbit.
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