
Netizens on Twitter recently reported that a rather strange phenomenon was affecting their pet cats during the broadcast of NHK’s “Mitsuaki Iwago’s World Catwalk”, a documentary by prominent wildlife photographer and documentary filmmaker Mitsuaki Iwago.
Apparently, the scenes of furry felines in their natural habitat completely captured the attention of household moggies watching at home, to the extent that their owners felt compelled to tweet photographic evidence of the event. Join us after the jump for images of cute kitties viewing images of other cute kitties!
We’re not sure what it was about this particular program–wildlife documentaries have been around for years, after all–but it seems to have gotten the kitties fired up like nothing else! One or two cats might just be a coincidence, but with this amount of moggies fixated on the gogglebox, there has to be something special about Mitsuaki Iwago’s film-making!
世界ねこ歩き見てる pic.twitter.com/ARhw6TQjfV
— つくし (@tsukushi_nbo) October 24, 2014
▲ ”Watching World Catwalk on TV”
他の映像には一切見向きもしないのに、なぜNHKの世界ねこ歩きだけはガン見するのだ、猫よ。 pic.twitter.com/TzI69zmgM0
— 瀬島一瑛 (@sejima666) November 21, 2014
▲ ”Usually our cat shows zero reaction to the TV no matter what’s on, but he’s completely fixated on World Catwalk!”
なぜNHKの世界ねこ歩きだけは画面の前から動かないのだ、猫よ。 pic.twitter.com/6j7fZ6CZDw
— 瀬島一瑛 (@sejima666) November 21, 2014
“What is it about this show that you like so much, kitty?”
https://twitter.com/sakuranookashi/status/537599484121739268
▲ ”The minute World Catwalk came on. This happened…”
凄く真剣に世界ねこ歩き観てるからテレビ消せない… pic.twitter.com/qZy3W9qm33
— すたーおぶすたーなでこ (@nadeco123) November 26, 2014
▲ ”I want to turn the television off now, but I can’t because kitty’s engrossed in World Catwalk…”
「世界ネコ歩き」見ると同時に、「世界ネコ歩き」見てるハチを見なきゃならないので忙しい。どっちも面白い。。 pic.twitter.com/YtHryfW8ii
— ユカワアツコ (@trill_yukawa) November 26, 2014
▲ ”Can’t decide what’s more interesting, watching World Catwalk or watching Hachi watching World Catwalk!”
世界ねこ歩きに夢中なうちの子 #nhkbs pic.twitter.com/LjH5ZckfwV
— ottosei (@ottoseiashika) November 26, 2014
▲ ”Our kitty, fascinated by World Catwalk…”
今日も 世界ネコ歩き を必死に見ております。 pic.twitter.com/3pfZnFNeCv
— あかりこ (@akariko) November 13, 2014
▲ “Watching World Catwalk again today. Can’t look away!”
Have you ever walked in to find your household pets engrossed in something on the television? Let’s hope they don’t suddenly develop opposable thumbs anytime soon, or we might find ourselves having to contend with an army of furry remote-control hogs!
Source: Togech.jp
Feature image: @trill_yukawa/Twitter

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