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Take a Look at This Cat Shrine with a Cat Monk in Japan

If you love cats, you know that our fuzzy feline friends have a lot of personality and they like to play by their own rules. Well, in Japan, there’s a shrine where the cats are in charge and us mere humans are just there to admire them…and pet them, if they are so inclined.

I have a feeling that if more people knew about a place, called Nyan Nyan Ji, they’d go there in a heartbeat. Nyan Nyan Ji actually translates to “Meow Meow Shrine,” so you already know the place is amazing. It’s a shrine in Northern Kyoto with a cat monk and cat assistants…and no I’m not messing with you.

Cats are meant to be worshipped, so this makes total sense. The shrine was opened by Toru Kaya, a shrine and temple painter. The head cat monk is named Koyuki, and by all accounts, he loves to mingle with visitors. There are other cat priests and cat assistants, as well.

There’s a cat cafe on the grounds where visitors can even enjoy cat-themed food. And, of course, there is also a gift shop where guests can purchase cat-related items. I’d call this a very spiritual destination, wouldn’t you?

Here are some of the reviews, in case you need a little convincing:

“Super adorable with a relaxing and fantastic atmosphere.”

“A cute cat is a chief priest. I’m healed.”

Be sure to follow Koyuki on Instagram and follow the shrine on Facebook.

Am I dreaming? This sounds like paradise!

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This Horse Doesn’t like Being Ridden, so He Plays Dead Until Riders Go Away

I might not know much at all about horses, but I never imagined they could be total drama queens.

Like this horse, who goes to great, Oscar-worthy lengths to avoid carrying people on his back.

 

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Of course, horses can be irritable. There are plenty of ill-tempered horses who aren’t the best at for riding. But Jingang really takes the cake.

He doesn’t buck or bite when someone gets on his back. Oh no…

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He just collapses and pretends that he’s died. Because, as everyone knows, you can’t ride a dead horse.

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Owner Frasisco Zalasar made a video compilation of Jingang avoiding work with his dramatic deaths, and the video has amassed a lot of views.

El caballo que se hace el muerto para que no le montén ??????

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I bet these views and likes spike on Monday mornings, when we can all identify with Jingang.

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Horses like this one must be how the phrase “horsing around” came to be – they’re quite good at it!

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15 Silly Dogs That Should Make You LOL and Smile

What do you do with your spare time? I’ll tell you how I spend mine: looking at dog videos and dog pictures.

Am I alone in this endeavor? I don’t think so.

Here are 15 photos of silly/funny/hilarious/goofy dogs that should turn your frown upside down.

Enjoy!

1. Too cool for school.

2. Best costume ever?

3. All dolled up.

4. I’m thinking this is an Ewok…

5. Care for a hot dog?

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Izzy: living that lazy hot dog life. ? #Halloween

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6. Hello out there!

7. Had a few too many drinks.

8. All tuckered out from reading literature.

9. Finally got a toupee.

10. Harley Quinn FTW.

11. Extreme close up.

12. Tongue flappin’ in the wind.

13. A Star Wars fanatic.

14. Gee, thanks for the present!

15. In need of a cerveza.

Let’s not beat around the bush: you and I both know that you have hilarious photos of your furry friends.

Share them in the comments, por favor!

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15 Dogs with Really Impressive Halloween Costumes

What is the only thing better than Halloween? Dogs during Halloween!

I’m gonna go on the record here and say I get much more enjoyment out of seeing dogs in costume than seeing kids. Am I a terrible person? Probably, but I’m learning to deal with it.

Anyway, enough about me and my many psychological problems, let’s see these dogs in costume!

Oh, and Happy Halloween!

1. The Lion King.

2. Can’t go wrong with LaCroix.

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Thirsty? ? #halloween #tbt @lacroixwater

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3. He’s having a good time.

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#tbt This Saturday Jensen will be attending his 6th Spooky Pooch Howl-o-ween Celebration at @hillwoodmuseum. Swipe ? to see his costumes to date…⁣ ⁣ Jensen and I look forward to this event every year. He always has so much fun so I really didn't want him to miss it. I got special permission from his vet so he could attend (I just have to get there a few minutes early to get a good parking spot so he doesn't have to walk too far).⁣ ⁣ This contest is the reason I started making Jensen costumes in the first place. That first year we went, in 2014, Jensen had an adorable store bought turtle costume he got from his grandma. I bought orange fleece and made legs cuffs and a belt so he could be Michelangelo the Ninja Turtle (I even tried to teach him to carry nunchucks in his mouth but that didn't work ?). He looked cute but we got killed in the competition – there were so many adorable DIY costumes we just couldn't compete.⁣ ⁣ I vowed then and there to make his costume for the following year and my competitive drive for DIY dog Halloween costumes was born ?. ⁣ ⁣ 2015 I made him spaghetti ⁣ ⁣ 2016 I made him cotton candy (which was cute but the hat really made the costume – sadly a few minutes before we stepped on stage a gust of wind caught his hat and ripped in apart) ⁣ ⁣ 2017 Jensen and I were gumball machines ⁣ ⁣ 2018 was the disasterous sushi costumes we won't even discuss⁣ ⁣ And that brings us to this year – we've got paws crossed this year's costume can bring home theTop Dog prize for our first non-food related costume! And hoping the boys don't get themselves or each other too tangled up when walking across the stage!⁣ ⁣ #wethedogsdc #dcdogmoms #hillwoodestate #spookypooch #diyhalloweencostume #senioristhenewpuppy #seniordog #seniorcocker #halloween2019 #diyhalloweencostume2019 #tinydogsofdc #petsypets #dogsofbark #dcluckydog #hillwooddc #hillwoodmuseumandgardens #tbt #throwbackthursday

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4. No puedo esperar para Halloween.

5. The chef is here.

6. Pink Ladies on the prowl.

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#wcw to our sweet friend @rositameanspink ??? also congrats on winning @laweenies costume contest! You looked awesome! ⠀ .⠀ “Rosita was a rescue. Her Maltese mama and doxie daddy were given up to a rescue center and I got lucky to get one of the pups. When they say a dog truly also rescues you, it’s absolutely the truth. Rosita is the angel I didn’t know I needed here on earth. Because of all she brings to my life, I try to give her the best life possible. Besides warm hugs, kisses and fashion for days, she eats as healthy and yummy as momma can find for her! A healthy pup makes a happy pup!”⠀ .⠀ .⠀ Go check out her page and see all of her cuteness for yourself! ?: @rositameanspink⠀ .⠀ #prettyinpink #rositameanspink #pink #dogmom #winning #dogrescue #dachshundrescue #halloweenie #halloween #doxies #dachshundpuppy #dachshundlove #dachshundsofinstagram #cutedachshundsclub #puppycostume #doggyhalloween #doggycostumes #laweenies #doxiemix #wienerdog #doxiefever #dachshundsunited

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7. Beware of Pennywise.

8. This might be the best costume ever.

9. Batdog to the rescue.

10. And then there’s Spiderdog.

11. This is dead on.

12. A real-life Beanie Baby.

13. OMG, this is fantastic.

14. I’ll take all the kisses you can handle.

15. And, for a grand finale, we have Yoda.

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it’s FRIYAYYYYYYY!!!! ? today mawma has a day off so we are going to spend our day playing & she even said a possible walk might be in my future ? • what’s everyone’s plans for the weekend? • my mawma got me this weird costume that makes me look like yoda from star wars…… :/ i don’t really like the way i look but she says i’m the most handsome pup ? what is everyone else being for halloween? ? ? – – – #goldendoodle #goldenretriever #goldendoodle_daily #goldendoodlesofinstagram #goldendoodlepuppy #goldenretrieverpuppy #doodles #poodlesofinstagram #doodlesofinstagram #doodlesrule #poodles #puppy #puppylove #puppytraining #dogsofinstagram #dogs #doggo #monday #dogsofkansas #puppiesofinstagram #puppiesofkansas #kansaspup #puppy #puppycostume #doodle #dogcostume #dogcostumes

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Please do us a HUGE favor…

Share your photos of your pets in Halloween costumes in the comments!

We can’t get enough!

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Thousands of Tarantulas Are Roaming the San Francisco Area Searching for Mates

Attention: people of San Francisco, don’t freak out—but there are thousands of tarantulas casually roaming your city right now.

The tarantulas are out and about throughout the entire San Francisco Bay Area. They’re making a show not for Halloween, but because the weather has been drier and warmer than usual, causing male Bay Area blond tarantulas, the only tarantulas that are native to the region, to come out and look for a mate.

Residents have been spotting the creatures on trails, roads, and parks.

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After the males successfully mate, they die. “They’re not returning home,” Cameron Morrison, supervising state park peace officer for Mount Diablo State Park, explained to ABC News. “That’s their final voyage, basically.”

The male tarantulas are up to 4 inches in length, while females are the size of a nickel. But experts say not to fear them—they are “gentle giants,” Cameron says. “They’re very reluctant to bite you. I’ve never had someone say that they were bitten by a tarantula.” Also, if one did bite you for some reason, it would be less severe than a bee sting (even though their fangs are quite large). Their hairs can cause skin irritation, though, so it’s not a good idea to handle them.

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Usually, by this time of year, the male tarantulas have already done their mating and died. But thanks to seasonal weather changes, they’re still on the prowl. Lucky California!

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A Beekeeper Turned Thieving Bears into (Unpaid) Honey-Tasters

If you’re a person of a certain age, then there’s a good chance the characters from Winnie the Pooh are near and dear to your heart.

Which also means that you’ve been aware for basically your whole life that bears really, really love honey.

Like Pooh, giant bears will go to great lengths to get to honey they’ve sniffed out – and even though the ensuing videos may be adorable to the masses, for to bee farmers…not so much.

The bears can cause damage to hives that can cost thousands of dollars to repair, so most keepers work hard to keep them away. But when Ibrahim Sedef’s ideas of putting up metal cages and leaving out different bear-fare like bread and fruit didn’t work, he had a rather adorable lightbulb moment.

Maybe the bears could be brought on as quality control.

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Beekeeper turns honey-stealing bears into taste testers #FACTS AUG. 29, 2019 – These #bears just wanted a little smackerel from the honey pot. And #beekeeper Ibrahim Sedef is using their honey-loving palates to his advantage Sedef, an agricultural engineer in #Turkey, is constantly trying to protect his hives from the many sweet-toothed bears in his neighborhood, on the country’s #BlackSea coast. His efforts got downright scientific when he began experimenting with various tactics to divert their paws away from his liquid gold Ever the scientist, Sedef eventually decided that if he couldn’t beat them, he could at least learn from them — particularly their expert taste for #honey So he set up a night-vision camera on his bee farm, and laid out a table with five varieties of honey for the bears to taste test Sedef told Turkish outlet DHA that the bears, in fact, had a very refined sense of smell that led them first to the rare Anzer honey from the Ballıköy plateau region, which they slurped up the most. According to Ahval News, the Turkish honey goes “1,000 liras ($171) per kilo,” and is considered “among the most expensive honeys on the market.” #Anzerhoney is the most famous of all Turkish honeys, said to be, of course, the best honey in the world Of course, New Zealanders say manuka honey is the best, Australians say it’s berringa honey, Indians say it’s Maharishi honey, Russians say it’s Bashkir honey, Arabs say it’s sidr honey, Malaysians say it’s gelam honey or tualang honey and the list can continue. Basically each country can pretend it produces the best honey in the world #FOODNINFO #FOODNETWORK #FOODANDWINE #TASTY #TOPCHEF #LEFOODING #huffpostgram #HUFFPOSTTASTE #EATER #LAEATS #EATERDENVER #NETFLIXFOOD #CHEFSROLL #chefsofinstagram #SAFOODIE #EATERLA #DISCOVERY #NATURE #ANIMALPLANET

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He installed photo trap cameras that could track the bears roaming his farm, mostly at night, and then set up a table topped with labeled bowls of different kinds of honey.

It worked.

The bears didn’t disturb the hives, since the honey was ready and waiting, and now Sedef – and the rest of us – know which honey a true connoisseur would prefer.

It turns out bears have expensive taste, because they devoured the Anzer honey first – it goes for around $150 a pound in Turkey – while leaving the cherry blossom honey untouched.

Now you know that the “good” honey really does taste much better – even the bears agree that you get what you pay for (even if they’re not technically paying).

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Kitties Photoshopped onto Other Animals Make Hilarious Cat-Creatures

Some people out there have a lot of Photoshop skills…and a lot of time on their hands.

A person on Instagram really, really likes to Photoshop pics of cats mashed up with other animals, and the results are some hilarious-looking creatures that you can’t unsee.

Take a look…

1. I think that’s a bunny?

2. Looking for honey, no doubt.

3. The elusive cat/hedgehog.

4. Flying weiner dog/cat!

5. Panda cat strikes again.

6. Would you like to play with me?

7. I’m a big fan of this one.

8. Pugamese?

9. Wow. Can’t unsee this one.

10. Looks kinda mean. Approach with caution.

These kitties are freaking me out!

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10 Interesting Facts to Help You Get Through This Loooooong Week

Will this week ever end.

It feels like it’s taking FOREVER.

But, wait! I have a good idea about how to fix this.

Facts! Great facts that will challenge your brain and soothe your soul.

Let’s get started!

1. It’s mostly water weight.

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2. Rejection leads to later problems.

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3. That’s totally disgusting! Yay humans!

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4. Oh, it’s real…

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5. Typical male behavior.

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6. Are you good at this?

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7. This is amazing.

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8. Be on the lookout…

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9. A symbol of grace and poise.

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10. Wow…that’s really something…

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That’s a little better, right?

Now let’s power through the rest of this damn work week together!

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People Share What They Think Are the Worst Legal Things You Can Do

You can do a lot of terrible things in this world that are totally legal.

Things that most of us would never dream of doing. And they might infuriate you…

AskReddit users shared their thoughts on the subject.

1. That’s pretty infuriating.

“You can leak the names, addresses, email addresses, social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and payment card details of nearly half of all Americans (and more than half of all American adults) and then settle for about $5/person.”

2. Makes my blood boil.

“Permanently destroying huge swaths of land.

There’s a development corporation in my hometown that has bought up virtually all of the remaining woods, meadows and wetlands in the area, paved them, and built retail spaces that go vacant just a few months later.

Businesses aren’t even moving into these “office parks”, but the group just keeps spreading out and “developing”. It seems like every month, I drive past another leveled tract of land.”

3. Whoa, that’s kind of intense.

“Groom your stepdaughter for over a decade, then when she’s 18, divorce her mom and hook up with your stepdaughter.”

4. It is pretty bad.

“I think it’s pretty shitty to claim bodily harm from a very minor car accident just to get 10k, and make the other person pay more for their car insurance. I’m looking at you, lady I hit going 3 mph.

Probably not the worst thing, but it’s pretty bad.”

5. Who the hell does this?

“Take custody of a pet in a divorce and the. Put the pet down out of spite.”

6. Ouch…

“Recruit people to join Scientology.”

7. If not…that…

“Is it illegal to leave your shopping cart in the parking lot instead of returning it to the corral? If not, that.”

8. People are pretty sh*tty.

“Sue your poorer ex spouse for child custody so repeatedly that you drain their finances and can’t fight it anymore.”

9. A lot of this out there.

“Steal people’s money through fine print conditions.”

10. Not a good idea.

“Ruin the world economy by handing out subprime loans.”

11. That’s not cool.

“Nestle claiming rights to water and then selling it back to the public at exorbitant prices all while polluting the earth with the production of single-use plastic bottles.”

12. Sign of the times.

“Fire all your employees and move your business to East Asia so you can essentially use slave labor.”

13. Does this sound familiar?

“Start a pharmaceutical company.

Develop a drug that people need to live.

Raise the price just because you know they’ll pay for it if they don’t want to die.”

14. Bullying and abusing.

“Bully someone. Mentally abuse someone. Making them feel bad about themselves their whole life.”

15. Vaccines do not cause autism.

“Not vaccinating your kids.”

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15 Cats That Are Really Rude

The kitty cats in these pics are just flat-out rude. And guess what? They’re not gonna apologize for it, either.

Rude, crude, unrefined, and bordering on the out of control, these cats are.

Be prepared to shake your head at this mischievous kitties.

1. I “knead” you to stay out of the kitchen.

I just thought it needed more kneading from CatsAreAssholes

2. Diesel up to no good.

My wife and I are on our way to a wedding in Vermont and we pulled over on the highway to switch drivers and as soon as we got out our cat Diesel stepped on the lock button and locked us out. from CatsAreAssholes

3. Wasn’t having it.

4. That’s why you can’t breathe.

5. Not yours anymore.

6. Just go ahead and ignore it.

Glad I Bought Nacho a New Cat Bed… from CatsAreAssholes

7. Doesn’t seem like he cares.

I’ve been told this belongs here, and I’m inclined to agree. from CatsAreAssholes

8. Rampage in full effect.

She looked guilty for a split second, then continued on her rampage from CatsAreAssholes

9. Make yourself at home.

This is our kitchen. This is not my cat. from CatsAreAssholes

10. Don’t mess with Olivia.

My wife and our cat Olivia are in a constant battle for control of my wife’s pregnancy pillow. Yesterday, the cat won. from CatsAreAssholes

11. Now you know why.

So that’s why my kitchen floor is always wet. from CatsAreAssholes

12. Almost gave the friend a heart attack.

friend called me hysterical thinking my cat she was sitting had escaped… a few hours later he reveals himself (from a spot she checked) from CatsAreAssholes

13. He’s definitely taunting you.

This is why you dont tell your cat no from CatsAreAssholes

14. Bring those back!

Stealing my slippers every day from CatsAreAssholes

15. Thanks for nothing.

“Clean black work clothes? Don’t mind if I do!” Fluffy cats everywhere from CatsAreAssholes

Do you have a rude cat roaming your house and making a mess of things?

Share a pic or a story in the comments!

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