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🐈 INTERNATIONAL CAT DAY THANK-YOU ROLL CALL 🐈‍⬛

Thank you, Grumpy Cat—for making “absolutely not” an art form.

#GrumpyCat #TardarSauce #FamousCats #CatResearch

Thank you, Lil Bub—for showing the world that being different is beautiful.

#LilBub #SpecialNeedsCats #FamousCats #CatResearch

Thank you, Maru—for fearlessly entering every box placed before you.

#Maru #MaruTheCat #FamousCats #CatResearch

Thank you, Keyboard Cat—for playing us through every internet disaster.

#KeyboardCat #InternetHistory #FamousCats #CatResearch

Thank you, Nyan Cat—for carrying rainbows through cyberspace.

#NyanCat #InternetCulture #MemeHistory #CatResearch

Thank you, Henri—for giving feline existential despair a French accent.

#HenriLeChatNoir #HenriTheCat #FamousCats #CatResearch

Thank you, Cole and Marmalade—for spreading joy, rescue awareness and cat education.

#ColeAndMarmalade #CatRescue #FamousCats #CatResearch

Thank you, Venus—for being a living work of art.

#VenusTheTwoFaceCat #ChimeraCat #FamousCats #CatResearch

Thank you, Smoothie—for serving as the Queen of Fluff.

#SmoothieTheCat #BritishLonghair #FamousCats #CatResearch

Thank you, Colonel Meow—for your magnificent eyebrows and plans for world domination.

#ColonelMeow #FamousCats #InternetCats #CatResearch

Thank you, Unsinkable Sam—for reportedly surviving three sinking ships.

#UnsinkableSam #OscarTheCat #ShipCats #CatHistory

Thank you, Trim—for sailing around Australia with Matthew Flinders.

#TrimTheCat #MatthewFlinders #ExplorerCats #CatHistory

Thank you, Mrs. Chippy—for joining Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance expedition.

#MrsChippy #Shackleton #EnduranceExpedition #CatHistory

Thank you, Simon—for protecting the crew and supplies aboard HMS Amethyst.

#SimonTheCat #HMSAmethyst #DickinMedal #CatHistory

Thank you, Félicette—for becoming the first cat launched into space.

#Felicette #Astrocat #SpaceCats #SpaceHistory

Thank you, Stubbs—for serving as Talkeetna’s honorary feline mayor.

#StubbsTheCat #Talkeetna #CatMayor #CatHistory

Thank you, Towser—for becoming one of history’s most celebrated working mousers.

#TowserTheCat #GlenturretDistillery #WorkingCats #CatHistory

Thank you, Scarlett—for repeatedly entering a burning building to rescue your kittens.

#ScarlettTheCat #HeroCat #AnimalRescue #CatHistory

Thank you, Tama—for becoming a stationmaster and helping revive a Japanese railway.

#TamaTheCat #KishiStation #StationmasterCat #CatHistory

Thank you, Larry—for your continuing service as Chief Mouser of 10 Downing Street.

#LarryTheCat #ChiefMouser #DowningStreet #FamousCats

Thank you, Socks—for serving as First Cat of the United States.

#SocksClinton #FirstCat #WhiteHousePets #CatHistory

Thank you, Bob—for helping James Bowen rebuild his life.

#StreetCatBob #JamesBowen #FamousCats #CatResearch

Thank you, Orangey—for becoming one of Hollywood’s greatest feline actors.

#OrangeyTheCat #HollywoodCats #BreakfastAtTiffanys #CatHistory

Thank you, Morris—for representing finicky cats everywhere.

#MorrisTheCat #AdvertisingHistory #FamousCats #CatResearch

Thank you, Felix—for becoming one of animation’s earliest superstars.

#FelixTheCat #AnimationHistory #CartoonCats #CatResearch

Thank you, Garfield—for defending lasagna, naps and personal boundaries.

#Garfield #JimDavis #ComicStripHistory #FictionalCats

Thank you, Tom—for proving that elaborate plans rarely survive contact with a mouse.

#TomCat #TomAndJerry #AnimationHistory #FictionalCats

Thank you, Sylvester—for never surrendering, despite overwhelming evidence that you probably should.

#SylvesterTheCat #LooneyTunes #AnimationHistory #FictionalCats

Thank you, Hello Kitty—for remaining globally cat-shaped, whatever the corporation says.

#HelloKitty #Sanrio #KawaiiCulture #FictionalCats

Thank you, Cheshire Cat—for the smiles, riddles and beautiful nonsense.

#CheshireCat #AliceInWonderland #LewisCarroll #LiteraryCats

Thank you, Puss in Boots—for weaponizing adorable eyes centuries before the internet.

#PussInBoots #FairyTales #Shrek #LiteraryCats

Thank you, Cat in the Hat—for your commitment to unsupervised chaos.

#CatInTheHat #DrSeuss #ChildrensLiterature #LiteraryCats

Thank you, Salem—for delivering witchcraft with sarcasm.

#SalemSaberhagen #SabrinaTheTeenageWitch #TVHistory #FictionalCats

Thank you, Church—for coming back wrong and remaining iconic.

#ChurchTheCat #PetSematary #StephenKing #HorrorCats

Thank you, Jonesy—for surviving Alien because cats always know first.

#JonesyTheCat #AlienMovie #ScienceFiction #FictionalCats

And thank you to every supposedly ordinary cat who has ever:

sat on a book,

walked across a keyboard,

knocked something over deliberately,

stared into another dimension,

or kept a lonely human alive.

You were never ordinary. 🐈‍⬛

#InternationalCatDay #FamousCats #CatHistory #CatsOfNostr #NostrCats #Catstr