Maru takes box addiction to the next leva

Oh no, the best was the unexpected leap and plop OUT of the box. I laughed out loud.

This cat is MAGIC!

omg, 1:18 and 1:26! i haven’t laughed that hard in a long time.

what a great cat!

There should be a disclaimer – DO NOT DRINK BEFORE WATCHING THIS CLIP. Just a thought…and Thank you for the laugh this morning! I <3 Maru!!!

I would squeeze him and snorgle him so much that he wouldn’t have time to jump in or out of boxes. That’s my version of Boxhab!
Btw, “Maru places bag on head, loves it” belongs among his Greatest Hits, don’t you think?

I was cheering for Maru as I was laughing. “You can do it!”

What a big fluffy kitty; looks so huggable!

Maru is too cute, the way he popped his head up a second time at the end.

At home all by myself LMAOOOO !!!!!!!!!!

EVER!

Maru is relentless, lmao… 1:18 (kitteh comes shooting at camera) is soooo good… I adore the minimal videographing too. Letting the genious that is Maru just speak for itself!

FTW!! (For the Win!!) This kitteh is a major Star!! He looks like he’s being shot out of the box (maybe the Puffed Rice cannon is stationed inside, launching him out of there!) I checked out his greatest hits videos: he employs the ‘butt wiggle of doom’ very effectively…

It’s amazing how he can jump virtually straight up out of the box!!! It’s like… well I’m not really sure which super hero, but a really really amazing one!!!

Now THAT’S a cat! Love it! That is one box-focused feline.

Wow what a smart kitty — I was expecting him at 0:47 or so, to get down from that perch and go push the box closer. But no — he opted for the athletic solution. I think if Maru keeps jumping like that he will slim down a bit.

Maru: “They tried to make me go to BoxHab, but I said NO! NO! NO!”

Nyeh!

Excellent sproingage; agree after 1:18 I expected there to be a Pythonesque Tiddles-flinger in the bottom of the box, but all Maru, baby!

This is the hardest I have laughed in a month at least (and I laugh A LOT people). Boxhab AND lurkensproingen AND Maru??????? Too, too moishe.

And I agree w/ kibblenibble, what is great about this is the care that Maru’s friend has taken to compose and assemble this material. What’s amazing is that this looks like a fairly middle-class/anonymous apartment, with someone of relatively modest means living there (I can’t say for sure, of course, not knowing Japanese culture very well). The contrast between that setting and the owner’s obvious joy and delight in the friendship w/ Maru (who is obviously a VERY loved cat) is so delicate and moving.

The look at the end is just priceless.

I love this cat. Maru popping out of the box made me laugh uncontrollably. (psst…knock the box over).

marthava, I believe he’s a Scottish fold, without the folded-ear gene.

Is his size normal for a Scottish fold? I love his tail. It’s soooo cute. I could watch Maru all day.

Probably not Scottish fold, probably a British Shorthair tabby. They’re shaped like that.

Ooops – that should be “I don’t think he’s a Scottish Fold …” Bad proofreading!

Oh my gosh, this kitty is smart. That abstract planning, pushing the box so it was across from the footrest? I have never seen a cat think of something like that. Also, did anyone else think that Maru’s jumping was very much like how foxes jump when they are hunting? This may be an interesting new stage in kitty evolution.

Great jumper!, especially for being a little bit of a chubbers <3 The Japanese title is also very cute. It basically translates as Big Box + Cat. I love that different animals have different hobbies, interests, and quirks, and are just as individual in their likes and dislikes as people. My chihuahua loves being rubbed, while being held upside down for some mysterious reason. XD

Yay CO could always use more Maru!

“Do you expect me to talk?”
“No, Mr. Box, I expect you to CATCH ME!!!!!!! YEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!”

I can’t get enough of Maru. He’s such an oddball. Like the time he walked around with a paper bag on his head.

Nothing better than the four-paw landing! and what a great shape Maru has! I laughed out loud when he just sort of appeared in mid-air out of the box.

Scottish folds are British Shorthairs, originally. Outcrossing to Shorthairs is also allowed in the breed and is common, mainly since two folded folds should never be bred to each other.

OK people we need to hook these people up with a refrigerator box…. just imagine!

You really need to make a “Boxhab” tag.

lol him getting out of the box was funnier then him getting into it lol.. super cat!!!

I’ll totally forgive if you promise to give us a little Winston-san soon. I’m missing that weird love story.

And someone said cats can’t jump that high without being thrown, Maru is an awesome
cat.

Maru’s box addiction is beyond help, and we are all enablers. And I wouldn’t change a thing.

Maru, you are a star. You are a wonderful sunshine kitty and the fact that you exist on this planet somewhere, right now, fills me with unbelievable joy.

check out how at the beginning, Maru pushes the box away.
Later, he is smart enough to get a height advantage on the box, but cant
remember that he is also able to push it back closer to the table to avoid
the epic fail of his not-far-enough jump.

One thing about Maru, is just when you think he can’t take it to the next level, he does.

A “straight-eared Scottish fold”? That’s a joke, right? *g* He’s just an ordinary tubby shorthair, like my lovely old Sprot who always got teased about his short little leggies.

haha, this is awesome. It should have some Eye of the Tiger music to it or something.

Maru is simply the greatest cat that ever there was. I could watch him all day. I wonder, do you think Maru’s people need a Canadian live-in nanny to, uh, teach him Canadian and stuff?

Starlinguk, it’s not a joke. Maru being a straight-eared Scottish Fold is similar to an African American albino. Genetics is funny stuff, it’ll pull a switcheroo on you when you’re not looking.

I don’t think he’s a fold. He could have fold IN him (facial shape is similar), but he appears to be a Classic (blotched) American Tabby: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabby

I have a cat that is identical to Maru except with less of a circular face. Maru’s facial shape is what makes me think he might have fold in him, but it might also be the fact that he’s a bigger male than my cat:
http://numine.com/images/ruperty.jpg

Maru is even better than Winston, methinks.

Maru is one of my favorites!! That cat does the funniest things!! Please put the links back to email these! I love sending Maru to my friends!

I am moving right now and my cat has been trying to figure out how to get into the giant box. Oddly enough, as I was reading the comments here just now SHE DID IT. but not like Maru, she did some sort of elaborated climbing around on top of things until she could just jump down into it. Maru is the Ninjitsu Box Master. Bow to your sensei!

I am so glad I saved this for the end of what has been a very long and exhausting and exasperating day. SPROING SPROING SPROING! OMG I lurved it so much! Now that some of the tension has been released maybe there’ll be peace in the hosue tonight. Thanks Maru!!!

A magicially appearing kitty! Who knew?

What if we got Winston and Maru together and made babies….they could be cranky jumpy slidey box sushi loving babies!

P.S. I laughed until I peed at this video!

I had to laugh at how many times Maru jumped in and out those boxes He can jump very high for such a BIG boy

Also…did anybody notice that TIME GOES BACKWARDS when you’re watching Maru? This is obviously the REASON for the jumping…it causes a shift in the time-space continuum…Maru is even more intelligent than hitherto suspected…

Oh Maru. Such an amazing inate talent.

Maru wins teh interwebs!

This would make a great motivational video. Go Maru! You can do eet!

Maru is so much more than a cat.

I have to say that Miss Huggums knew to use other furniture to get into boxes, however, she never sprionged like that. (Miss Huggums passed away yesterday after seventeen years of fitting into all size boxes, with a nice, snuggly shoe box her favorite.)

Your cat is VERY entertaining!! LOVED IT!!!!

I’m with Mandy. I love Winston AND Maru. And thanks All for responses/comments about the breed.

I love the way he gets up on the cabinet and eyes the box like, “Can I jump into it from this distance?” He’s got one paw poised, just ready to take off if he decides he can do it. That’s one SCAAAAAAAARY smart kitteh!

Metsakins-sorry to hear about Miss Huggums, it takes a long time to get over the loss.

Metsakins–For Miss Huggums, may this video offer a little laughter, some special
memories of a precious shoebox kitty. So sorry for your loss.
*O0<

Cheesybird…Love the sandwich avatar. m-m-m-m…comfort food.
*O0<

John N., if you go to Maru’s blog (http://sisinmaru.blog17.fc2.com/) and then scroll down to the 4th box on the left, (you’ll see this Japanese text below) and then click around in there–those seem to be the archives of this spectacular kitty.

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I feel like such an enabler, because I really don’t want Maru to go to boxhab! Keep these videos coming!

Ah, and my brother and his wife have what I call a “Scottish Unfold.” McKirby was part of a litter from purebred SF parents, but he was mutant (not my word). And yes, he is portly like Maru — where do you think he got the name Kirby? Orrick, Bissel and Hoover didn’t sound Scottish enough.

Yay, another Maru video!!! Maru is my favorite internet kitty. ^_^

Maru is becoming one of my favorites! It’s those big pupils I think.

And I just laughed…why do we think that cats jumping out of boxes are so funny? This was great.

((((HUGS)))) Metaskins.

As one other poster mentioned, I am a DOG person, but this cat makes me laugh every time! I LOVED his bag on his head video and this one made me laugh out loud!

here’s cat in a very small box:

I find volunteering at the pound near me gives me great pleasure and distracts me from those I have lost.

I wonder if the name “Maru” has a meaning, and what that meaning might be?

Maru as a kitten = Beyond cute.

I am going to install hardwood floors and get myself a Maru. He needs paperbag-Hab, too. “Maru places bag on head, loves it”, is still the bestest Maru.

rofl! cat-watching is way better than telly-watching!