This cat is, uh, catatonic after his loving human wrapped him up snug in a towel and put a hot compress on his little head to help him feel better after he caught a cold. Look at his tongue! He loves it! (Click the image if the video doesn’t auto play.)
A fellow Redditor was so taken with the video that she sketched a get-well card for the sick-but-happy furball:
The Midas Touch
Little Midas was born in a backyard in Ankara, Turkey, and her unusual appearance could have led to a hard life, but she was adopted by a loving family. The gray kitten, who is now four months old, has a genetic mutation that resulted in her developing four ear flaps. She’s also got a deformed jaw, likely due to the same mutation, but that hasn’t stopped her from living like a typical energetic and curious baby cat.
Her family named her after Midas, the Greek king who was cursed with donkey ears by an angry Apollo.
Get off my lawn, coyote!
Coyotes are infamous predators of felines and small dogs, but cats can and do fight back, like this fearless kitty who didn’t appreciate the interloper straying into her territory. The coyote wanted no part of her.
We can’t embed the video, unfortunately, but you can click here to watch the 16-second clip in real time and slow motion.
Gray is the warmest color
We all know gray is an awesome coat color for cats, as demonstrated by the Budster. If you’ve got your heart set on a slate Chartreux, a golden-eyed Korat or a silver tabby a la Bud, this list covers 15 breeds “worth purring over.” Note that it doesn’t include the Buddinese Tiger, probably because it’s illegal to own such a muscular and handsome cat in most jurisdictions.
Pain In The Bud 
I guess double the ears means double the scratching one must give the cat on its head. … And to Moggie I say, Good girl!
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She’s a cute cat and I’m glad she was adopted by people who love her.
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Perhaps cats have a beneficial effect on the human psyche that most people still cannot fathom thus appreciate. That unawareness may help explain why it was reported a few years ago that Surrey, British Columbia, had an estimated 36,000 feral cats, very many of which suffer severe malnourishment, debilitating injury and/or infection (I’ve seen many shocking, heart-wrenching images). And why the municipal government, as well as aware yet uncaring residents, did little or nothing to help with the local non-profit Trap/Neuter/Release program, regardless of their documented success in reducing the needless great suffering by these beautiful animals. (Recently, I contacted Surrey Community Cat Foundation and was informed that, if anything, their “numbers would have increased, not decreased, in the last 5 years.”)
Once, a TNR-program staffer left me a phone message in which she emotionally thanked me for my donation. I deduced that the organization may rarely or never receive such large private donations, which may indicate to her that society collectively doesn’t care about such terrible yet preventable immense feline affliction. …
Many people can appreciate the reciprocally healthy, perhaps even somewhat symbiotic, relationships that can exist between pet cats and their lovingly appreciative human owners/hosts, especially when the host lives with physical and/or mental ailments. Whenever I observe anxiety in the facial expression of my aging mother, I can also witness how that stress suddenly drains and is replaced with joyful adoration upon her cat entering the room. “Hi, sweetheart,” she’ll say. Countless other seniors with a cat also experience its emotional benefits. The cat’s qualities, especially his/her un-humanly innocence, of course, makes losing that pet someday such a heartbreaking experience.
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All are great cats! The four eared cat is absolutely adorable!
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She’s a special kitty for sure.
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