
Weird sleeping position baffles the mind, defies gravity and warms the heart.
Linguistically, we’ve all come to agree that cats are the masters of sleeping. Say that someone is taking a “dognap” or “birdnap” and you’ll get nothing but blank stares in response, but we all instantly know what someone means when they say “catnap.”
Cats often exhibit this prowess with the speed they can fall asleep, the depth of their slumber, or their seasonal adaptability, but one kitty in Kumamoto Prefecture, at the southern end of Japan’s southern island of Kyushu, is excelling in the catnap field by proving it can sleep just about anywhere, even while hanging across a garden fence.
思わず撮ってしまったけど、この辺りではスターにゃんこ? pic.twitter.com/pTYt5VRRM1
— mint tea (@minttea235) September 10, 2017
自分も同じやつこの間帰ってるとき見ました。 pic.twitter.com/ER42flNfqq
— Yoshik/ (@Rfter_q) September 9, 2017
This precariously perched feline may look like it’s had its photo snapped in the middle of scurrying over the partition, but it’s actually fast asleep, as shown in this video of it snoozing away.
わたしも同じ猫ちゃん見かけました😊✨ pic.twitter.com/HYq0sKoSg1
— きょうか (@m555_laaav) September 9, 2017
It’s not like this was a one-time case of the cat just having a particularly tiring day. Multiple passers-by have spotted the kitty in the Fujisakigu neighborhood of Kumamoto City on different days. As a matter of fact, the animal has become a sort of local celebrity.
Every now and then, the cat keeps some sort of symmetry in its body positioning.
https://twitter.com/YUKI_pokemonSM/status/906858598847856640FF外から失礼します
— 蕚 (うてな) ガマダセ熊本ありがとう🎵 (@hanawo_sasaeru) September 9, 2017
ワタシも、先日この猫ちゃん見ました
その時はこの状態でしたよ。 pic.twitter.com/qtFqSaJvW6
More often than not, though, it’s limbs and midsection are draped haphazardly across the top of the fence, making it hard to believe it hasn’t fallen off its “bed.”
https://twitter.com/shifonnnu_/status/906671888633446400https://twitter.com/kakitaro1211/status/906561795493478400突然失礼します。フォローしている方がいいねされて回ってきました。私も同じ日に見てビックリして😅お昼寝みたいだったのでホッとして写メ取りました…場所そこが好きなんですかね。 pic.twitter.com/G2WdAZBSMx
— りかいちご (@pinkpink0427) September 10, 2017
But the fact that it keeps climbing up there to sleep, and the fact that it can sleep through all the oohing, aahing, and camera shutter clicking going on, means this expert-level napping cat must be pretty comfortable.
Source: Hachima Kiko
Top image: Twitter/@minttea235

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