Cats are melting hearts around the country by wrapping tails around their legs, necks and heads to fight the winter chill.
We all know cats would prefer to live their lives in front of the heater. When they’re away from the pleasantries of warm heating devices, however, kitties have to improvise and find other creative ways to rug up, and it seems the best way to do that is with a nice fluffy tail.
楽流 正しい正座の仕方
— 楽&凜ママ (@rakurin0617) March 8, 2013
(しっぽは足に巻きつける) pic.twitter.com/1X8a97SQcC
Owners are calling the new trend the “Shippo Mafura” or “Tail Scarf”, and photos on Twitter show it’s something that cats all over Japan are getting into.
今日車で昼ご飯を食べてて外を見ると、黒猫がかしこそうな感じで見てたのだが、この前脚を尻尾でくるんと巻き付けるのがけっこうかわいいと思う。 pic.twitter.com/2ciaTTD4C0
— もも (@momodog22) January 3, 2016
▼ This kitty can’t believe its human would rather take photos than turn the heater on.
ねこが寒いときに前足にしっぽくるんってするやつ、しっぽマフラーって言うことをさっき知ってから、しっぽマフラーって画像検索したらとてもしあわせになった！ pic.twitter.com/9OvUvD6CQC
— えかわ (@Nekopower_nyaaa) January 4, 2016
▼ All this kitten needs is a nice pair of fluffy socks to cover those little toes.
ソチの猫。しっぽを前足に巻いてるのがかわいい。 pic.twitter.com/El5aq0GBFX
— Akiyoshi Komaki 駒木明義 (@akomaki) February 9, 2014
More curious cats have found a way to modify the trend by wrapping their tails around their necks.
https://twitter.com/ankosakurajima/status/683259917675806720▼ Or around the necks of others.
https://twitter.com/kutsushitan/status/411323577640579072しっぽマフラーしながら朝ごは〜ん！ pic.twitter.com/6q3B0D02R2
— トラ兄🍺 (@cs_tora) October 22, 2013
▼ Keeping warm is so much easier when you have a friend to snuggle with!
しっぽマフラーちゃん pic.twitter.com/o9ISucDfYs
— 🌾 (@fmw_fh) January 3, 2016
ねこのしっぽでマフラー pic.twitter.com/Y1bLgRQ1DA
— ゆゆゆ (@gokurinko0304) November 18, 2013
Just looking at these cosy kittens has warmed the cockles of our hearts. We wish we had our own fluffy built-in tails to wrap around ourselves this winter too!
Source: Grape
Top Image: Twitter/@suvosuludov
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