Cute message on kitten's fur

The fur on this kitten, born Sunday in Sacramento, California, seems to spell out "I (heart) (dot)." That's especially cute because the kitten's mother is named Dottie.
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[#1 posted by absimiliard , March 25, 2008 9:35 AM]

Awwwwwwwwww!

Quick, someone give me a chaser of something revolting. The cuteness is putting me in insulin shock!

-abs

[#2 posted by Ari B. , March 25, 2008 9:41 AM]

Aww, kitty!

[#3 posted by UnderRat , March 25, 2008 9:46 AM]

Awwwww. Thank every god that may or may not have ever existed that it's not another freakin' Virgin Mary splotch.

[#4 posted by erindipity , March 25, 2008 9:47 AM]

A wee fuzzy love!

[#5 posted by seyo , March 25, 2008 9:47 AM]

Thats a total shop job, I can tell, because I have used photoshop a lot b4.

[#6 posted by Takuan , March 25, 2008 9:47 AM]

anti-kitty revolting chaser coming up!
http://www.aramnaharaim.org/Photo/George-W-Bush.jpg

[#7 posted by David Pescovitz , March 25, 2008 9:51 AM]

@SEYO (#5), Ummm... did you watch the video?

[#8 posted by twig , March 25, 2008 9:51 AM]

#5

Simpsons did it?

[#9 posted by Metostopholes , March 25, 2008 9:56 AM]

#5

You can also tell from some of the pixels.

[#10 posted by zikzak , March 25, 2008 10:01 AM]

@9: Yeah, real cats are furry, but this one is clearly all made out of pixels!

[#11 posted by sonny p fontaine , March 25, 2008 10:12 AM]

great, when will this be on e-bay?

[#12 posted by Jake0748 , March 25, 2008 10:12 AM]

#5

Someone photoshopped every frame of the video?

[#13 posted by absimiliard , March 25, 2008 11:03 AM]

@Takuan

Gahhh1!!!!!1!!!elves!!!

Too far! Too far!

On the other hand, I'm no longer insulin-shocky AND I'm outraged.

So maybe that anti-kitty, revulsion-chaser was in fact just about right....

*grin*

-abs

[#14 posted by nanuq , March 25, 2008 11:17 AM]

I hope they don't sell that kitten to Cruella DeVille.

[#15 posted by Roger Knights , March 25, 2008 11:26 AM]

From watching the video, it looks real, and so do the folks. And it's part of the usual that the unusual occurs, so I vote Real.

BUT--just so you know--there is a new hobby--somewhat akin to decorated "art cars"--of customizing cats by staining their fur various odd shades. The results are striking.

(You'd have missed this bit of trivia if you don't follow the supermarket tabloids. Someone should put up a link to a site devoted to colorized cats. There must be one.)

[#16 posted by pauldrye , March 25, 2008 11:36 AM]

Hey, cool -- self-captioning cats. Does "I Can Has Cheezburger?" know about this?

[#17 posted by franko , March 25, 2008 12:04 PM]

did the kitten's mother read lolcats every day, or something? i can haz heartz?

[#18 posted by ornith , March 25, 2008 12:28 PM]

Roger, you're not referring to Why Paint Cats, are you? Cause that really IS a photoshopped hoax book. And if you believe anything you've read only in the supermarket tabloids... I've got a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.

This, though....AWWWWW! My head asplode from teh kyoot. *boom*

[#19 posted by w000t , March 25, 2008 12:47 PM]

This reminded me of a report I've seen of a goat with an ohm (IIRC) on his side. I couldn't find it in a short search, but came across a really adorable puppy in Japan with a perfect heart marking on his side:

http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/puppy-with-a-whopping-huge-heart/offbeat-news

[#20 posted by SpocksBrain , March 25, 2008 12:50 PM]

Sorta looks like it says "HIV" to my eyes.

Admittedly the "H" has some ink-bleed problems, but still.

[#21 posted by QSD , March 25, 2008 1:37 PM]

Am I the only one who's disturbed by a toddler with a mohawk?

[#22 posted by Antinous , March 25, 2008 2:24 PM]

Photoshop Conspiracy Theorists,

Have you never seen a cat? Heart shaped marks are common. Perhaps you should check out Cats That Look Like Hitler, for some perspective on feline markings.

[#23 posted by Takuan , March 25, 2008 2:30 PM]

Photoshop? I suck at Photoshop. Just used a black marker.

[#24 posted by Tenn , March 25, 2008 5:44 PM]

People missing Photoshop Conspiracy Theorist Jokes:

uh. It's a joke.

[#25 posted by someofmyorange , March 25, 2008 6:06 PM]

SpocksBrain: Yeah, I saw that too.. HIV and it's a little plus sign :( Not so cute after all.

[#26 posted by Springtime for Spacers , March 25, 2008 7:02 PM]

That kitty was far too little to be taken outside into the sunshine. Poor thing, hope it survives the attention.

[#27 posted by remmelt , March 26, 2008 2:21 AM]

I heart period.

[#28 posted by Anonymous , March 26, 2008 5:50 AM]

Isn't that soo sweet. It's not uncommon as people think for animals to have patches like that, my mother's minkz momma cat the biggest breeder of kittens and probably around her 6 litter she had one that had a number seven patch on his back and underdeveloped floppy back legs, giving the kitten away to a hispanic family, they said it was a sign from the God's of course for good fortune. Reguadless of his disfunction. So I hope this family holds on to that special little kitty.

[#29 posted by Anonymous , March 26, 2008 5:52 AM]

AWWWWW KITTY KITTY!!!!!

[#30 posted by Anonymous , March 26, 2008 5:57 AM]

Unintelligent people saying this is fake...click the linkand watch the vid.

[#31 posted by Memphismom , March 26, 2008 6:26 AM]

http://www.equineextravaganza.com/loviecupidarrowBC.jpg This is a picture of 2 horses. Cupid and Arrow. Have to see it to believe it!
-Memphismom

[#32 posted by scottsigler , March 26, 2008 6:47 AM]

For all the cool stuff BoingBoing posts, THIS is what gets linked from the Yahoo home page?

[#33 posted by Anonymous , March 26, 2008 6:58 AM]

This is too beautiful. God works in mysterious ways!

[#34 posted by ponygirl , March 26, 2008 7:14 AM]

has no one ever heard of cupid and her baby arrow? they are adorable paint horses. They've been around for awhile, you can even buy statues of them. Animals sometimes just get strange markings, not everything is a fake.

[#35 posted by arkizzle , March 26, 2008 7:33 AM]

QSD: Yeh, probably you are. Why would you be 'disturbed' by a kid having a fun haircut? It's not exactly subversive anymore..
I'm going to venture the entirely uncontroversial: hair-nazi

And Remmelt, reading that in English-English (as opposed to American-English) it sound like you really really like menstruation.
A noble plight, I'm sure :)

[#36 posted by GoodFellasOne , March 26, 2008 7:44 AM]

Don't you understand people, this is a message from God...There is no doubt about it... Please have faith...

[#37 posted by Anonymous , March 26, 2008 8:01 AM]

why would it be photoshopped??

like its THAT hard to believe.

technically a heart is just a random shape...ud think out of the BILLIONS of cats born one would end up having sports the shape of something we know...

its cute, but its not like its unbelievable

[#38 posted by iamme , March 26, 2008 8:05 AM]

I live in the Sacramento area and saw this video last night on the news. And it's completely true. It seems different online then watching it on the news. Everyone is too skeptical these days.

[#39 posted by Anonymous , March 26, 2008 8:16 AM]

That is not photoshop... I can tell you that with confidence. I am an effects editor for movies and TV and that is original. No compositing in that video. If it looks pixilated you probably don't have very good eyes.

[#40 posted by Anonymous , March 26, 2008 8:17 AM]

SEYO,
Im a graphic designer and live in photoshop its not shopped at all. . .. and check out the video!

[#41 posted by Anonymous , March 26, 2008 8:24 AM]

I'm going to read it as I Love. This kitten is a Beatles fan!! Yes all we need is love sweet kitten, all we need is love. LOL. Oh dear, I'm sorry but a message from God? Right cause God is like 'hey I don't have anything better to do so I'm going to put a heart on a kitten's fur. Score one for me!' Read the kitten's fur as you like...For example, I may be the only one to interpret it as the kitten loves the Beatles. I do not desire to tell people that they should believe the same. Just a thought. :)

[#42 posted by creativesoul , March 26, 2008 8:41 AM]

this is pretty awesome. I didn't know the mother's name was dottie, there was no mention of this when the story broke out. Perhaps an overnight name change? lol... very cute kittie though!

ralph

http://www.helpuu.com - the google search engine that helps

[#43 posted by Anonymous , March 26, 2008 8:50 AM]

how cute!! at least its not another pic of something in the shape of the virgin mary, like that pretzel...

[#44 posted by Anonymous , March 26, 2008 8:50 AM]

Awwweeee!

Cutamiss!

[#45 posted by Anonymous , March 26, 2008 9:01 AM]

My mom sent me an email with a puppy named Heart-kun that was born in Japan.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42491000/jpg/_42491604_dogheart416_getty.jpg

[#46 posted by 3daywalk , March 26, 2008 9:41 AM]

To all the silly Photoshop comments...watch the video again while wearing glasses! :)

[#47 posted by arkizzle , March 26, 2008 10:32 AM]

3DayWalk, I clicked your link thinking it would be relevant to the discussion..

I feel for charity, but this feels like SPAM. If you had said "and by the way, please check out my worthy cause [link]" it would have been both more obvious and more honest.

[#48 posted by arkizzle , March 26, 2008 11:44 AM]

NICE :)

[#49 posted by arkizzle , March 26, 2008 11:52 AM]

When can I expect my comic?

[#50 posted by Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator , March 26, 2008 12:54 PM]

ScottSigler (29): "Awards? Success? Fame? Perhaps one day they will be yours. But the fact is, nothing you’ll ever do will be more popular than that online picture of bacon taped to a cat." --John Scalzi

Arkizzle: Sorry, but everything 3DayWalk ever posted on Boing Boing had that link in it. Spam in a good cause is still spam.

[#51 posted by Takuan , March 26, 2008 1:00 PM]

yeah,wondered about that..... good causes and charities, but there are just so many of them - all worthy.......

[#52 posted by Antinous , March 26, 2008 1:07 PM]

Alt + 3(on the number pad) = ♥, for those who didn't already know and have an overwhelming desire to annoy their friends.

[#53 posted by Anonymous , March 26, 2008 1:11 PM]

CATS RULE AND THIS ONE IS GONNA BE A WARRIOR FOR SURE CUTE!!

[#54 posted by arkizzle , March 26, 2008 1:14 PM]

Teresa, all good, it's a tricky one huh?

[#55 posted by Anonymous , March 26, 2008 3:26 PM]

We are at Zoolatry (http://zoolatry.blogspot.com) and do lots of photoshop stuff on kittes... and if this is a photoshop work -- I must congratulate the artist, cause it sure does look real to me... sorry, I just didn't want to set up an account in order to comment here; but am not trying to be anonymous... we are Maggy, Zoey and the Zoolatry Human. Cute photo, cute kitten.

[#56 posted by grn_eyes , March 27, 2008 6:15 AM]

It looks real to me..My aunt use to have a dog that had the #14 on its side..and I have a rat terrier that has a silhouette of snoopy on his back...

[#57 posted by Roger Knights , April 3, 2008 10:56 AM]

#18m Ornith, wrote:
"Roger, you're not referring to Why Paint Cats, are you? Cause that really IS a photoshopped hoax book. And if you believe anything you've read only in the supermarket tabloids... I've got a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn."

Thanks for the information. However, the stories in those tabloids stated that the pictures in that book were the result of dying. Therefore, some tabloid readers would have gotten on the bandwagon by dying their own pets (e.g., possibly, with hearts and dots). For instance, here a story from p. 2 of the latest Examiner (April 7):

"A Boulder, Colo., woman is seeing red after she was ticketed for dying her pet pooch pink! Joy Davis says she used harmless beet juice and Kool-Aid to stain her white miniature poodle Cici to call attention to breast cancer. Davis faces a $1000 fine ..."