Extreme close up!

by Meg on January 10, 2006

Is this what a mouse sees seconds before being (licked and) eaten?Img_2724Click for an even larger image!Img_2692_2Alertly pointed out by Sparky, from the Shisso blog.

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Awwww Cute!
01.10.06 at 5:33 pm

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1 ariel 01.10.06 at 5:47 pm

okay, i don’t believe that close-up is real. those tongue-spikes look like the rubber things on your toothbrush for digging between teeth.

2 Lily Bleu 01.10.06 at 5:48 pm

That tongue! Oh my! It looks downright scary! I love the feel of a kitty’s tongue kissing on me all the same, though! :)

3 Lilorfnannie 01.10.06 at 5:53 pm

that first one reminds me of how sometimes when I was a kid & we had cats, I’d look at the cat & he’d look like that, but with a bit of fang sticking out from the top. Killer cats!!! LOL

4 inomine 01.10.06 at 6:26 pm

Crikey, that tongue is downright plain scary. Not cute, not cute at all!

5 Mel 01.10.06 at 6:29 pm

MWAAOOOWWRRRR! SLUUUURRRPPP.
*eeek*

6 Willa 01.10.06 at 6:34 pm

Awesome! Cute _and_ functional!

I have a lot of pictures of the insides of my cats’ noses and ears because they’re fascinated by the camera and just want to check it out when I’m trying to take their pictures.

7 nanaenay 01.10.06 at 7:04 pm

this makes me happy. kitties are so sweet.

8 Alyson 01.10.06 at 7:21 pm

Oh, that tongue is intense.

9 Mimi 01.10.06 at 7:26 pm

Great close up of the tounge!

10 jennifuh 01.10.06 at 8:25 pm

Extreme Close Up?

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAA!

MEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOW!

11 Bubbles 01.10.06 at 8:41 pm

That tongue is wayyy scary!

12 Jan Snelling 01.10.06 at 8:48 pm

OH how cuuuuute!!! I wuv widdle kitties, and their cute widdle noses!

13 Dustbunny 01.10.06 at 8:49 pm

Have I mentioned I welcome our new kittie overlords? Please don’t use that spiky tongue on me, Oh Great Feline Master!

14 liz 01.10.06 at 9:11 pm

Oh no! The tongue is going to get me! Help!

15 Deb 01.10.06 at 9:31 pm

Wow, no wonder they get hairballs!!!

16 jayirwin 01.10.06 at 9:32 pm
17 kim 01.10.06 at 10:49 pm

I would pay good money for high-res prints of either of these photos. Fantastic shots, simply fantastic.

18 BenPanced 01.10.06 at 11:09 pm

I can smell the tuna breath goodness from here!

19 cgh 01.10.06 at 11:22 pm

That top photo looks just like my late cat…wonderful green eyes. :)

20 adrianna 01.10.06 at 11:35 pm

jesus!

21 springbox 01.11.06 at 12:01 am
22 emi 01.11.06 at 12:25 am

Ohmygodsogross. As if I needed another reason to hate cats. Ew!

23 Dustbunny 01.11.06 at 12:27 am

It’s spelled tongue! T-O-N-G-U-E!
Sorry, just one of my pet spelling peeves. Please carry on with the oohing and aahing : )

24 Skrolnik 01.11.06 at 12:29 am

If you’ve ever seen a cat stuck to a sweater by the tongue, this is why.

25 Norty 01.11.06 at 12:44 am

but as for the first picture…
that space between nose and lip.. that little cheek… that’s the best spot to be petted!!! (even for us bunnies)

26 Niecy 01.11.06 at 12:49 am

That tongue makes me itchy!!!

27 Shay 01.11.06 at 1:06 am

What? This site is supposed to be all about over-the-top adorable. Leave the interesting or odd to someone else. I want to see little fluffy things, not a close up of a tongue. :(

28 mana 01.11.06 at 1:20 am

wonderful pics…but not what I would call ‘cute’.

29 ty 01.11.06 at 2:16 am

Count me in with those who find this cute. The velvety kitty chin in shot 1, the pink nubbly tongue in shot 2, both made me smile. Then again I like a BIG cat as much as a little kitten.

30 Northern_Girl 01.11.06 at 2:22 am

Eek…the tongue! The tongue! (Doesn’t come out right in print.)

31 Andrea 01.11.06 at 2:38 am

That tongue shot is way…way cool, and educational:) But I don’t think these pictures belong on this site…it’s not head popping cute. But it is kewl.

32 Cairo 01.11.06 at 5:06 am

WOW!

33 Amber 01.11.06 at 5:54 am

Thats a neat picture! Im in vet school and in anatomy we looked at tongues under a microscope- but that by far looks better!

34 Tracy 01.11.06 at 8:30 am

I think that the owner of the tongue is cute enough that it totally belongs here. Besides, if Meg hadn’t blogged it, I wouldn’t have seen it. And I’m glad I saw it!

35 J 01.11.06 at 10:33 am

AIEEeeeeeeeeee!

*runs away*

(So scawy!)

36 Jean 01.11.06 at 10:45 am

That tongue is going to give me nightmares.

37 christina 01.11.06 at 1:15 pm

i didn’t think “wow this is cute” when I saw this picture…I thought “wow – the composition of these photos and color balance are amazing. nice macro photography!” the cat’s cute, but the photos themsevles are better (of course being a photographer, I would notice something like that first. haha)

38 dariya 01.11.06 at 2:40 pm

that tongue looks like velcro.. and now i totally understand why my cats tongue feels so scratchy

39 Anne 01.11.06 at 3:22 pm

Amazing to see a cat’s tongue up close. No wonder it works so well!! Great photo for a biology class too.

40 lumi 01.11.06 at 4:16 pm

Great details!! Great shot!!

41 Joanna 01.11.06 at 5:53 pm

my daughter and I just looked at this picture of the tongue. Then we looked over at our cat who was….licking his butt.

42 Amy 01.11.06 at 6:32 pm

I love my kitties…and other peoples kitties…but the close up of that tongue is so freakin’ icky it makes me squirm in my seat! AGGH!!

43 lisa 01.11.06 at 9:54 pm

The cat tongue: Is it cute? No. Is it my new desktop image, due to the lovely colors, nice composition and squicky detail? Yes.

44 Hana 01.11.06 at 11:50 pm

Hi, sorry for not talking about cuteness here, but I just got so curious about what camera you have used to take those photos? ;]

45 VaCKo 01.12.06 at 12:20 am

Coooooooooooool.

46 Kim 01.12.06 at 1:49 am

Wow.. that tongue is just.. whoa o__O” but the kitty is cute, it’s just that i’ve never seen a cat’s tongue that up-close. o__O”

47 Ponygirl 01.12.06 at 1:49 am

Thats one smug cat. “Yes, I know I am adorable, I am a cat.” Kittens have nothing on grown kitties!

48 mia 01.12.06 at 2:26 am

wat the hell is that?!?

49 dillan 01.12.06 at 2:44 am

looking y r u guys looking at the tongue wat about the cat?

50 fuji 01.12.06 at 3:26 am

Lots of up-side-down Kiss chocolates!!!

(Some elongated…)

51 KW 01.12.06 at 4:48 am

First shot, one word: CUTE!!
Second shot, one word: PAPILLAE!

I admit, I got a little…ooked out…seeing the tongue shot

52 Victor 01.12.06 at 5:28 am

Please, cats do not eat mice, they simply kill them.

53 Adam Villani 01.12.06 at 8:05 am

No way, man, I saw my cat eat a whole mouse once. Bones and all.

54 jessica 01.12.06 at 11:47 am

cats DO eat rats. disgusting yet true.

and the tongue, dontcha feel the roughness when ur little kitty cat licks ya?

omg the close ups are so cuute ^o^

55 Jess 01.12.06 at 1:21 pm

I think this pictures are beautiful it more of Nature of what wild and pets are in their lives.

This is the most beautiful close pictures i ever seen can you show me how to do those things? i mean what kind of camera do you have?. i would love to do those pictures to my kittens!! :-D GOOD JOB!!

56 gentleolas 01.13.06 at 12:07 am

WOW!

57 bitessa 01.13.06 at 7:16 pm

http://www.shisso.org/

The photographer is not happy about this…

58 Agnes 01.13.06 at 11:45 pm

Great close-up!

59 s 01.14.06 at 3:29 pm

i feel like i know what it’s like to be a kitten now. grooming time!

60 I_Yoyo 01.14.06 at 10:33 pm

Awww….a cat’s tounge

61 dark_moonlight 01.15.06 at 3:27 am

big kiki go ROAR!!!

62 sheyla 01.19.06 at 4:47 pm

oie!!!!achei essa página na internet….adorei!!!!
sou louk por animais!!!!todas essas fotos são lindas!!!!
beijos…

63 Stevo 01.20.06 at 2:45 am

Cats are cute. Cute is yummy. Yummy is edible. I want to eat it.

64 Stevo 01.20.06 at 2:45 am

Cats are cute. Cute is yummy. Yummy is edible. I want to eat it.

65 3g-pigowner 01.25.06 at 11:25 pm

thats just kreepy dude

66 Ashleigh 01.28.06 at 11:43 pm

what kind of camera was the shot taken with? its excellent.
the tongue one is nifty.

67 Samantha 01.30.06 at 11:39 pm

that tongue is scarying me..help!

68 sara 02.03.06 at 7:43 pm

Apparently the owner of the photo never gave permission for this to be shared; he has requested repeatedly that the large image be taken down or linked to HIS flikr, so it is appropriately credited/copyrighted there.

So far I like this site, but I’m hesitant to keep participating if permissions are ignored. :(

69 jizane 02.06.06 at 10:40 pm

WHY DOES THIS CAT HAVE KNIVES COMING OUT OF ITS MOUTH! PUT THE CAT DOWN!

70 pistache268 03.18.06 at 11:37 pm

wah, the tongue! It’s got bristles on it.

71 kellyrae 03.22.06 at 1:48 am

This picture is sooooo good!!!

72 Son Nguyen 04.03.06 at 6:22 am

Wow, very nice closeup shots

73 RavishingRoberta 04.06.06 at 1:19 am

No Wonder My Exfolliating Sessions Feel So Good. Thank You For The Picture

74 Darcy 04.07.06 at 5:07 am

Are you serious, ‘jizane’?

75 tmr 04.13.06 at 5:38 pm

wow. i own an oriental, and now I understand why a few licks are scrapping my skin to red. these little spikes are eeeeevil i tell you.

76 Molly 05.26.07 at 4:02 pm

Hey! Its called “Papillae”! Im doing my project on Cat’s.
So, thats how I know! hehe.
;) Nice Site!!!

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