Perfect 90-degree haunch Splayage

by Meg on November 4, 2008

[Sir Ye Olde English Safari Guy voice] Ssssssssssh! [Putting binoculars down] This is… unprecedented!  [Gets out protractor] Yes! YES! PERFECTLY splayed perpendicular haunches! just as they’re seen in the wild! INCREDIBLE!

back view

belly viewYou didn’t know Maru could handle the math, did you People?

90-degree splayage

{ 82 comments }

1 Scofield 11.04.08 at 6:15 am

Oh my God. Maru is too much for me!! My Sirius only can manage the spread-eagled position. Not perfectly splayed perpendicular haunches. Not yet. Wait and see, the world.

2 oaklandcat 11.04.08 at 6:16 am

That looks like the afterglow after a nice box session.

3 Johanna 11.04.08 at 6:17 am

This, without a doubt, is the MOST perfect kitteh!

4 Sonia Das 11.04.08 at 6:20 am

Maru is certain a kitty of many many talents!

5 Decca 11.04.08 at 6:21 am

I love those two little feet sticking out like perfect handles.

6 Trisha 11.04.08 at 6:26 am

in my house we refer to that as pancake butt.

7 biscuithead 11.04.08 at 6:30 am

Frequently mistaken for a meatloaf.

/kliban

8 k 11.04.08 at 6:33 am

remarkable. and far more precise than i will ever be.

and hey, how about some
VOTE VOTE VOTE LIKE A BABY STOAT action for election day? i know i posted that on MY blog :)

happy voting, y’all.

9 berthaservant 11.04.08 at 6:37 am

Curiously, “Maru” is the Sanskrit word for “T-Square.”

http://cdn.dickblick.com/items/554/49/55449-1024-3ww-l.jpg

10 claudia 11.04.08 at 6:48 am

Oh I am starting to like this cat. Alot. Seriously!

11 Elaine Wilson 11.04.08 at 6:56 am

Fabulous specimen!! The perfect goodnight tocks

12 Celia 11.04.08 at 7:00 am

I cannot get enough of Maru!!! I love this cat.

13 Tamika 11.04.08 at 7:01 am

Omgar. This kitty is like a real-life Garfield. Only dumber.

14 luckybat 11.04.08 at 7:12 am

This is my most favorite watermelon with socks! Marooo!

15 Michele 11.04.08 at 7:17 am

that cat is so funny! It’s like, why are you circling me? hahah

16 staralfur 11.04.08 at 7:20 am

LOLOL. I love the 360 degree video of this. Wow.

17 binky-mama 11.04.08 at 7:33 am

I love how he looks up at the camera:

“Whut? Whatchoo lookin’ at?

Seriously, this kitteh is too moishe. I wanna bury my face in his squishiness.

18 Hon Glad 11.04.08 at 8:01 am

A new star of Cute Overload.

19 gravyboat 11.04.08 at 8:03 am

I am a Winston fan for life, but dang…Maru is the new Obama to Winnie’s McCain. Maruuuuuuuuuu…i love uuuuuuuu….

20 Lori 11.04.08 at 8:14 am

Seriously… Maru rivals Winston. Is there anything this cat can’t do?!

21 Tracey 11.04.08 at 8:30 am

Maru is giving Winston some serious competition!

22 victoreia 11.04.08 at 8:33 am

“Will you stop that?! You’re making me dizzy! Humans. Sheesh.”

23 skip 11.04.08 at 9:54 am

Aw @ the “mushy eyes” he makes at the camera.

24 Janni 11.04.08 at 9:58 am

I love his little round face and his eyes when he politely squints them. I instinctively responded by squinting… :)
What a happy cat.

25 ingrid 11.04.08 at 10:31 am

utter gorgeousness!

26 lucy's mommeh 11.04.08 at 11:05 am

I’ve splayed & I can’ts git ups!

27 newlee 11.04.08 at 11:12 am

“T” is for tailio.

28 NYVenus 11.04.08 at 11:19 am

Maru’s ‘tocks are legendary!

29 NoraMaria 11.04.08 at 11:49 am

The cutest feets! I want to eat them! Shooo shmuffly. This cat has the right stuff.

30 gloomy13 11.04.08 at 11:55 am

i think that maru and winston need to meet!
you know that old question of the top 5 who you would have over for dinner from all time?
i would have to say that winston and maru would take up the top 2 spots.

31 Jezebel 11.04.08 at 12:37 pm

Is Maru a boy or a girl?

32 Sunstorm 11.04.08 at 12:57 pm

Maru is my new favorite thing on this site. So snorglable! And I love the head swivelies!

33 snorglepup 11.04.08 at 1:08 pm

OMG! I just viewed the Maru collection. You gotta see him wandering the house with a bubble-bag on his head!
I’m sure he has a unique perspective on life.

34 Lisa (one of several) 11.04.08 at 1:19 pm

Maru is awesome!

35 darkshines 11.04.08 at 1:31 pm

I love the bubble wrap video, especially the last bit where is is experimenting with his surroudings:

“Water bowl? Nope, can’t drink from that…..toy mouse? Thats giving me a headache…….interesting….” *makes a mental note*

36 pny 11.04.08 at 1:37 pm

What a fantastic specimen!

37 Anonymous 11.04.08 at 1:53 pm
38 Susan 11.04.08 at 2:23 pm

Maru is such a chubbular cutie!!!

39 Erebella 11.04.08 at 2:33 pm

A cat that comes with handle bars, awesome. Come on, kitty, let’s VOOM!

40 devly 11.04.08 at 2:55 pm

I absolutely love Maru. I think CO should make Maru videos a weekly event. <3 He's a wondrous kitt-eh.

41 scooterpants 11.04.08 at 3:01 pm

Maru is all, “what? what?? what??? WHAT the *ell are you lookin at?? , FFffttt, Stupid Human”.

42 T.U.M. 11.04.08 at 3:10 pm

He looks like a cat you can get a nice big armload of.

43 MuchoMazel 11.04.08 at 3:13 pm

I (heart) Maru! Can Maru come over to my house to play?

44 anner 11.04.08 at 3:26 pm

This cat has officially replaced Julianne Hough as the celebrity I would most like to hang out with.

45 wannadance 11.04.08 at 3:26 pm

finally, a real use for a protractor. haven’t seen the word since high school, LO, these many years ago.

btw, re: hyperextension: i can do that. but am not as cute. on me it just looks like a bilateral sprain.

46 Josh N 11.04.08 at 3:29 pm

Looks like Winston has some competish as the official CO kitteh mascot (singsong voice)!

47 anon 11.04.08 at 3:34 pm

Aghh. Enough with the Maru already.

48 crackjob 11.04.08 at 3:48 pm

God, I love this cat.

49 MaggieBee 11.04.08 at 3:57 pm

OMG that is TOO MUCH!! Hahahah!

I loff lil white feets. I want to put them in my mouf…well, after cleaning, lol!!!

50 catloveschanel 11.04.08 at 3:59 pm

Couldn’t you tilt this to a 45 degree angle and make it look like she’s climbing the wall? I would like that. It would give me something to look forward to after all the layoffs around here.

51 Fegli 11.04.08 at 4:10 pm

I absolutely ADORE this cat, and now I can use it as a protractor!!!

52 Samantha 11.04.08 at 4:11 pm

Fascinating!

53 Beth (in NC) 11.04.08 at 4:30 pm

Maru is becoming my favorite all of a sudden… maybe Maru could run as Winston’s VP? OR… maybe Maru should be president?? Ehhhh?? Eeeeeehhhhhh??

54 Berg 11.04.08 at 4:33 pm

I think the mot juste here is “perpendiCUTElar.”

Yay, Maru!

55 kate 11.04.08 at 4:48 pm

seriously. i want this cat.

56 Paunchie 11.04.08 at 5:19 pm

tock splayage and head swivelingks! heee!

57 chacha1 11.04.08 at 6:50 pm

Fatso di Catso needs 20 min of TaeBo daily. Maru esta gordo! Love ‘em with hugs, not snacks! That said … damn cute.

58 AuntieMame 11.04.08 at 6:52 pm

Maru looks like my ironing board. Except floofier.

59 CBETA 11.04.08 at 7:01 pm

OMG best kitteh ever
cant get enough of this guy!

60 LaFeeVerte 11.04.08 at 7:26 pm

Eeehn! I just want to poke his fluffy ‘tocks!!

The bubble wrap on the head is pure genius:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt_4bFjyYuU

I LOVE how he’s just walking around like “Yeah, I got bubble wrap on my noggin, what of it?”

Is there ANYTHING he won’t stick his chubbular little head into? I loff eet XD

61 Jesso 11.04.08 at 7:33 pm

We NEEEEEED separate categories for Winston and Maru. Need them.

[What we want, and what we need, has been confused, been confused - R.Ed.M.]

62 Yitzysmommie 11.04.08 at 8:24 pm

So you know the saying from your Mom- if you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all? Well, that’s been me & Winston.
But MARU!!!! That is some serious cattage! His floor slides! His boxes!! His, his, CATNESS!!!
I LURVES ME SOME MARU….

63 scoobie 11.04.08 at 8:33 pm

I agree Maru is serious competition for Winston.

64 Deb! 11.04.08 at 11:09 pm

How the person who is filming isn’t laughing hysterically is beyond me! >^.^<

Maru(appears to be male) is FAB.U.LOUS!

65 oaklandcat 11.04.08 at 11:33 pm

I was thinking Maru is female. I believe I spotted a bit of orange on her belly. Orange and white, most likely a female.

66 jmuhj 11.04.08 at 11:36 pm

Marooo? MAROOOOOOOOOO? MARU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(My Maryam does something similar; a friend correctly pointed it out to me as being referred to as “THE FROG POSITION”.)

67 Pam 11.05.08 at 12:46 am

Oh, the perfectly displayed white FEEEEEEEETSSSSS!!!!

*dies from the cuteness*

68 Lanie 11.05.08 at 12:59 am

Looks like a dagger handle. That’s not a cat, it’s a weapon!

69 Gail (the first one) 11.05.08 at 1:28 am

@Bserv: Snerk!

I love the so sweet look back over her(?) shoulder at the camera…very Betty Grable!!! (now, that’s an OLD reference kiddies!)

70 sarawr 11.05.08 at 4:10 am

Maru is the new Winston. pshhaw.

71 Rooanne 11.05.08 at 6:04 am

Nooooooos! I like Maru, I really do, but my heart will always belong to Winston.

72 Tiggie2 11.05.08 at 6:26 am

I love Maru. I just wanna snuggle him and kiss his widdle nose.

73 Jilian 11.05.08 at 7:13 am

Whadya mean my butt looks big???

74 Ann M. 11.05.08 at 11:09 pm

Umm double jointed hips, gotta be. My daughter has double jointed shoulders, could completely circle herself through joined hands when younger…and she’s almost as cute as Maru… :)

75 Ali 11.06.08 at 6:41 am

omg this kitty is precious. fat chub :D

76 H 11.07.08 at 5:01 am

He looks at the camera man as if he resents being contemplated as a drafting tool.

77 H 11.07.08 at 5:03 am

He looks at the camera man as if he resents being contemplated as a drafting tool.

78 L 11.07.08 at 8:01 am

of course i had to watch every video of this kitty after that… my favourites are these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPzNl6NKAG0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsOzyUiTOGo

79 L 11.07.08 at 8:33 am

oh… k guess you already posted one of those – that’ll teach me not to comment when catching up in reverse-chronological… :/

80 wendygeee 11.07.08 at 5:14 pm

MOREMOREMOREMARU!
We can’t get enough of Maru!

81 zera 11.09.08 at 9:06 am

Maru is sooo cute – but is this some kind of special breed? My cat looks just like him, and she was a stray…I would love to know!

82 keer 11.12.08 at 1:08 pm

that’s 180 degrees, but he’s still cute.

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