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There was also an Ig Nobel for "Why are cats liquid?" https://www.stemfellowship.org/the-ig-nobel-prize-why-are-cats-liquid/ https://www.stemfellowship.org/the-

• jwestbury 3y ago
  There's also this brilliant (and wholly wrong) presentation on why cats sprint out of the room for no reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvOtUh8Avi8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvOtUh8Avi8
• rob74 3y ago
  ...which is closely related to the box phenomenon: I have a cat that currently spends the night in an IKEA basket (https://www.ikea.com/at/en/p/risatorp-basket-white-90281618/ https://www.ikea.com/at/en/p/risatorp-basket-white-90281618/) that was actually meant for socks. At the beginning, some parts tend to stick out, but after a few hours, the "cat liquid" has filled the available space and forms an almost horizontal surface, similar to this image in the article https://assets.rbl.ms/845008/980x.jpg https://assets.rbl.ms/845008/980x.jpg .