Saturday night prep

by Meg on June 3, 2007

Saturday night preenin’ b4 going OUT. You know that Mom’s ears are back because she’s totally crankin’ the Van Halen. Meanwhile, bebeh "Caracal" kitteh (below) takes a leeckin’ and keeps oooooooooon teeckin’.

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Madeleine R., even though the ear to head ratio would not be considered cute, the ‘leecking’ is, so you got us there. ;)

{ 40 comments }

1 K 06.03.07 at 12:26 am

I believe there is something like an inverse ear-to-head ratio corollary. I think so long as the ratio is extreme, it is cute. See also fennec foxes. But bats are right out.

But, in other news, awwwwww!

2 metsakins 06.03.07 at 12:26 am

mom’s giving the ears a good bleening

3 pinkwerewolff 06.03.07 at 12:41 am

can i have one?

PWEASE?

4 pinkwerewolff 06.03.07 at 12:42 am

did anyone mention the EYES?

5 musicchick2 06.03.07 at 1:09 am

SPOCK EARS?! But of course, that would only be logical. ;-)

6 lola 06.03.07 at 1:09 am

Me thinks there’s a little smudge of Lunchables that flew behind mini kitty’s ear while snarfing.

7 Kamiki 06.03.07 at 1:18 am

I be thinking those ears be pwetty damn cute!! Giving those dirty ears a little cleaning!

8 Tor 06.03.07 at 2:00 am

Elven magic!

9 soulcal006 06.03.07 at 2:08 am

mom cat casts plus five licking.

10 Crystanna 06.03.07 at 2:20 am

I personally think the ear to head ratio is adorable ^_^

11 Jo 06.03.07 at 2:36 am

I think it’s less the ear to head ratio and more the ear to *face* ratio that makes cuteness cuteness.

For example, this little guy has huge ears and a tiny face. Huge ears + tiny face = cuteitude.

The Shar-Pei in close up the other day had a huge face and tiny ears. Huge face + tiny earflaps = cutitude.

Perhaps that particular Rule should be revised as follows: When earflappitude and face scrunch are out of proportion, cuteness ensues.

12 Emily 06.03.07 at 2:53 am

to tell you the truth, I’ve always found huge ears way cuter than tiny ears

13 Lauri 06.03.07 at 3:18 am

Oh, wow!
Cute might not be the right term for those ears, but, elegant, exquisite, beautiful is!!!

Lovely animals!!

14 Dale 06.03.07 at 3:39 am

Corgi-Chihuahua Mothers of the World unite against the Head/Ear Rule! We want an amendment and we think we have the votes! Don´t make us filibuster.

15 Tina Rhea 06.03.07 at 4:08 am

Caracals are beautiful, but I’ve never seen such a young kitten. Adorable! Now I’m imagining newborn caracal kittens, their ears slowly unfolding like butterfly wings….

16 Annie 06.03.07 at 4:32 am

Momma Cat: Hold still while I get this dirt off you. I don’t know how you get so dirty in five minutes.
Little cat. Awe mom. Do I hafta get all clean. Larry and Whitey are waitnig for me so we can go play ball.

17 andrea 06.03.07 at 4:49 am

HOW can I adopt one of these gorgeous cats?? Please let me know!Pisani_Andrea@hotmail.com

18 Karen 06.03.07 at 4:54 am

Adorable! Personally, I think large ear to head ratio is cuter than small! Corgis and fennec foxes, for example.

19 Subhangi 06.03.07 at 6:17 am

WOW. What lovely creatures!

20 Subhangi 06.03.07 at 6:18 am

PS – I’ve heard of lynxes, servals, and other sorts of cats, but I had no idea about the caracal. No wonder – wikipedia says it’s an extremely elusive creature!

21 Lindsay 06.03.07 at 7:04 am

Yay! My very favorite small cat species here on Cute Overload! *squishes the bebeh*

Just do a Google image search for caracal – much cuteness ensues, even with the adults! ;-P

22 Brethil 06.03.07 at 10:46 am

Kitteh: MOOOOOMMM, quit it! You’re embarrasing me in front of my friends!
Momma Caracal: Juust a minute honey, you missed a spot behind your ears.. There. Now be safe, don’t drink and drive and…
Kitteh: Uh, yeah, sure, whatevs. Let’s bust this joint, dooods!

23 SeaBreeze 06.03.07 at 12:44 pm

EartuftsEartuftsEartufts!!

EAR TUFTS!!!!

24 Lee 06.03.07 at 1:14 pm

Who can resist ear tufts?

25 gypsylynx 06.03.07 at 3:47 pm

I’ve adored caracals from the moment I saw one at the zoo. Never did I realize how absolutely anerable the fuzzy kitlings were. Squeeee!

26 Tina Rhea 06.03.07 at 3:52 pm

The Philadelphia Zoo once had a caracal named Spock.

Here’s a thirty-second video of a caracal rolling to show off its spotted tummy….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oclz_fawzk&mode=related&search=

27 Catsquatch 06.03.07 at 4:47 pm

OOOO!!!

How PRIDDY!!!!

I want one!!!!

I am struck by how much the mommy looks like a cougar, but those ears are just AWESOME!

28 nycat 06.03.07 at 5:01 pm

Wow. Those ears are spectacular.

29 R. Moore 06.03.07 at 6:39 pm

I’ve always thought large ears were cute, too. Look at Papillons, Chihuahuas, and Corgis. Or some kittens! I agree with Jo, maybe it’s more of an unequal proportion. I vote an official change of the rule!

30 R. Moore 06.03.07 at 6:39 pm

Oh, and lop bunnies! Huge ears, total cuteness.

31 rubber duck 06.03.07 at 8:17 pm

I don’t understand why SMALL ears are considered cute!… I think it’s definitely BIG ears that are cute! You’re right R. Moore, the rule should be changed at least in some way. I might also add KOALAS to your list…with their HUGE, huge fluffy ears…and bunnies with really long but upward-pointing ears! :D (Those Japanese have got it right in their “The Rabbits and the Moon” door curtains and their printed cotton kimonos and such, those silhouette bunnies are always tiny compared to their hugely long ears…)

32 Linda 06.04.07 at 3:51 am

my fav fav fav small big cat! i even did a design project in school on these lovelies! yay!

33 moofyboof 06.04.07 at 5:59 am

dude, emily, i totally agree with you

big ears = sooooo cute!

34 Jaxotea 06.04.07 at 9:23 am

Best cats ever!

Caracal Trivia:

The can catch up to 15 birds in one leap
In India the Maharaja’s used to have completions
You can tell how old they are by how droopy the tufts are
The big ears, tufts and shot tail all help with catching bird
They can easily leap
They are used to scare birds at African airports
They are NOT part of the Lynx family, but they were thought to be till recently
Israel has a population of ‘black’ caracals; not melanistic, although those do occur.
The name comes form the Turkish for Black Eared
Whilst they have a number of vocalisations they mainly hiss, with very distinctive friendly and non-friendly versions.

Lets here it for Rule 17 Rebels!

Jax

35 anner 06.04.07 at 2:06 pm

according to wikipedia, carasal has a flavor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lightmatter_caracal.jpg

36 Manawolf 06.04.07 at 4:13 pm

D00d. If a bebeh stingray is cute, then big ears are ahnerable. I third (fourth? fifth?) the call for cute law revision!

How can you doubt eet with the existance of fennecs??

37 Emmerly 06.04.07 at 5:25 pm

I SEVENTEENTH OR SO THE MOTION to revise the ear to head ratio rule.

I actually had this thought a few days ago, upon reflecting that this little guy (http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2007/05/the_more_you_kn.html ), with not so very small ears, is even cuter than the feller pictured in the ear to head ratio rule. (http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2006/01/rule_of_cutenes_3.html )

38 Mary 06.04.07 at 5:37 pm

I’m on board the “revise the ear to head ratio rule of cuteness to include BIG ears as well” train. Woo WOO
And as someone said.. these guys are exquisite!!

39 moofyboof 06.04.07 at 8:42 pm

w00t for ear law revision!

and anner, i lold at that hahahahah

40 Cheryl S 06.05.07 at 7:17 pm

Here’s some beautiful footage of a pet caracal not sharing food with its Weimeraner companion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBVIvn46o6A&mode=user&search=

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