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Tonight, you rest easy knowing that one of the MANY questions you constantly ask yourself is finally answered: Just how many kilograms of fish can one cat carry? Inquiring Japanese minds found the answer for you! Click below to find out—and, sleep well, my friends.
Once again, big thanks to Ant for carrying this fat VideoSift video over to us.
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I love Japanese TV. Lived there for a year and couldn't get enough of the odd variety shows.
Give a cat a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach a cat to fish, and he'll say "Screw that-- I'm taking your mackerel."
It looks like the japanese have way too much time on their hands. I for one am grateful because I have not laughed like this in a long time. Great video!
I love the Japanese...this just gives be more reason to...
can you post the link to that? i cant find it on youtube :( they have lots of other Trivia no izumi clips on there though.
Beezarre! I must say my favourite part was the fish with the open mouth - it looked absolutely shocked that the cat was taking it away.
1. Those are some well-fed cats, 'specially the white guy.
2. I can't believe I just spent 11 minutes watching a video about cats carrying fish--and laughing so hard.
3. I REALLY wish I understood what the commentators were saying.
LOL! 2 whole kilos.
I bet that white kitty was super full!
Cats RULE!!!
But we already knew that.
The Japanese sure know how to captivate me. This was much better than any American reality show or trivia show.
Here's the URL.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=G_7n34fiB1Q
I'm not too surprised. A sufficiently determined cat could probably pick up an entire Apache helicopter if it felt like it. Or at least sit and stare at the helicopter with an expression that said that it could, which is almost the same thing.
LINK:
http://videosift.com/story.php?id=4849
I agree with the white kitty. :D Screw going out, I'm eating in!
SCIENCE!!!
i thoroughly enjoyed that! i'm still smiling.
Trivia no Izumi has done some other really cute animal related trivia too; they did a whole series on dogs and their masters-related trivia...
Go, Kinkytailed White Kitty!
Hilarious! And happily none of those kittys looked nutrition deprived in the least!
Sure thing, Haylan, the link is already there, it's the 'VideoSift' link above.
-Meg
So now we know. I can rest easy at night now knowing officially that cats can carry a maximum of 2 kilograms of fish.
Seriously. This is friggin' hilarious. The Japanese are a strange and wonderful people. Where else would men in white lab coats set out fish on slabs for cats to carry off? ...I shall dream of fish-carrying cats.
God I love the Japanese. This is insanely cool and funny.
Lol....it's great...I just forwarded the link to my inlaws in Tokyo!
Oh, man, I miss Japanese TV. Particularly, I love how they have the "cat expert" intoning totally obvious stuff: "Yes, it looks like he's just going to eat it."
Gotta note, though, that in my funky little corner of Japan (Niigata Prefecture) is the only place I've ever seen a cat posted on a leash out in someone's front yard, like a watch dog. He was a giant tricolor bobtail, must have weighed 20 pounds--surely capable of carrying away a 2 kilo fish.
Man oh man. This is definitely one for the Journal of Irreproducible Results.
that is 10 min. of my life I will never get back!
Oh. ma. gawd.
That was too friggin funny. I don't understand a word of Japanese (exept "domo arigato, Mr. Roboto"...well, I don't even know what that means...) but that wouldn't have been nearly as entertaining without the animated commentators. Not that watching cats drag off big fish isn't totally entertaining enough, but I loved listening to those guys!!!
Oh & I think it was photoshopped, BTW....heh.
The funniest parts for me:
1. the way cats "pat" at the food just to make sure it's not a toy, or perhaps still alive; and
2. the fact that they used the "Boom SHA KA LAKA" from Muppet Treasure Island.
Im sorry, but HOW is this cute. This is cruel.
Um....Kitsu...how is this cruel in any way? the cats are getting an easy meal, they're not being forced to do anything, are you saying feeding animals is cruel?
Kitsu, you're right. Feeding domestic cats is a misguided, evil practice. I promise I'll never do it again.
WHO'S WITH ME??
I can't believe I sat through this whole thing! It was wonderful. Interesting point: I don't speak Japanese (I'm Korean), but I understood a lot of the commentary, because I eat a lot of sushi and heard some familiar names: sakana (generic term for fish), hirame, sanma, saba, aji, kampachi, and the last few were ever-growing sizes of maguro (tuna).
I'm with you Theo! Until my cat puts me in my place.
Maureen: I particularly liked the - Boom ShaKAlaKA also.
The Japanese are famous for thier lucky fat cats:
http://www.japaneseweddingfavors.com/images/luckycat_small.jpg
These two are no exception!
i bet jack (the cat who scared away the bear) could carry off more than 2 kg!
Oh God, I laughed so hard. I can understand Japanese, so it was EVEN FUNNIER than if you don't understand it. The guys were complaining about how they were using really expensive and yummy fish that they wanted to eat XD
oh... my gosh! They look like this competition was so serious! that is so awesome! Wow, I just love it.
This show was translated for the US on Spike TV a couple years ago as "Hey! Spring of Trivia" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey!_Spring_of_Trivia. Unfortunately, I don't remember seeing that clip on the USA version. :(
Man, now I want sushi. :)
Heehee, Alana, I didn't know that was what they were saying, but it was what I was thinking - "Hey, that's *maguro*, gimme some of that!" Loved all the kitties and their determined little faces. Note the excellent posture as they carry off the fishies - "Yes, I did. I caught it myself."
i bet the cats were sad when they stopped leaving them fish
I wondered about that too, Erica. "Hey, where'd the deli go, it was right here yesterday -"
I'm with you, too, Theo.
I don't have a cat to stop feeding, but my dog is in for a surprise!
I don't understand any Japanese so they might have noted it and I don't know about it... but I sure hope the takes were either shot with a day or something inbetween or the fish was taken away from them behind the bushes... I can't imagine they ate ALL the fish they carried with them... they would've exploded!
Anyways, VERY nice video... those cats just look sooo nice when they carry away the fish. And the 'patting' as noted above was soo cute. :-D
ceebs, LOL!!! That is, like, funneh. Um.....Kitsu, are you serious? Cause if you are.......o_O I don't think the video was hilarious, but it was silly. I liked the part where they blanked out the cats. LOL!
Hilarious! The Japanese have done it again! I didn't understand a single word of the commentary, but somehow I doubt it would be anywhere near as entertaining translated into english.
Uh oh. If my cats see this, I'm in trouble. BIG trouble!!
XD *cackles* Those cats ate well that night!
omg that is hilarious. I can't believe I just watched the whole thing...
I actually cheered when each cat would succeed!!! I loved the flashbacks to show the cat's earlier catches.
The white cat started to use physics and grabbed the bigger fish in the middle - easier to balance. Is that physics? :-)