While gangnam style might have the most you tube hits ever, some cat videos aren’t far behind when it comes to reaching viral mania – we take a look at some of our favourite animal videos…
There’s a bit of a competition going on between cat and dog lovers as to who’s more popular on the screen – while all animal videos are ridiculously popular, cat videos have the edge having more ‘viral potential’ – 1.6 billion versus 1 billion views according to the stats, so there’s no arguing that.
Here’s a pretty good rundown on the situation from buzzfeed: http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/why-are-cats-better-than-dogs-according-to-the-in#.byKvyMXQv
We’ll start with the pooch videos just to even it up a bit!
Pooch excited to see owner
This dog literally jumps for joy when it spots its owner; it also appears to do a version of twerking every now and again:
http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/2pzpfw/excited_puppy_spots_its_owner/
And this dog passes out with excitement after been reunited with a family member after 2 years:
And this is hilarious – the owner videos the expected excitement when he returns home from work – not!!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFk7c5oi_jw
When an engineer owns a dog
We love these ball-throwing devices, and the clever pooches that use them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FL65LAHUKE
Dogs taking a bath
This is a great compilation of dogs taking (or more like not taking) a bath:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4LnorVVxfw
Talking dogs
The viral sensation Mishka, the husky, saying ‘I love you’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXo3NFqkaRM#t=36
To be honest, we weren’t so impressed with the rest of the talking dogs in general, but here’s a reasonable compilation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyp3caSgeHY
Fenton the ‘rein-dog’
The owner’s reaction is funnier than the dog in this one! Yet another video that went viral:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GRSbr0EYYU
An oldie but a goodie…
This video became a viral sensation in 2009. It’s a video of sheep being herded into amazing shapes by Welsh sheep farmers in a video ad for Samsung. The sheep herding is real but there is a fair bit of computer trickery also involved. Read about it and see the video here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/5024251/Welsh-sheep-video-is-internet-sensation.html
And on to the cat videos…
We don’t have any ‘excited to see owner’ cat videos, because, well… it just doesn’t really happen! But we do have plenty of cat videos that we’re excited about.
Maru the superstar
You can’t go past the superstar cat Maru, who shot to fame in 2008 over his love affair with boxes. You can see a compilation of Maru antics here (I am Maru, the funniest cat on the planet):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_AbfPXTKms
And he’s still going strong in this 2014 video (I am Maru 6):
Twerking cat video
This is hilarious, he’s probably as good at twerking as Miley Cyrus is!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-DEHd7gDP8
Proof that cats don’t hate water
This cat won’t get out of the bath: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKeks1yChJI
And this one showers itself in the bathroom sink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YRhxCXCM0o
Cats at play
This cat is a great Jenga opponent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOyZojbYUEA
The original keyboard cat is another oldie but a goodie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J—aiyznGQ
Funny cat compilation video
We viewed a lot of funny cat compilation videos and found this round-up to be the best. It includes everything from funny sleeping positions to the favourite drawer to a kitten eating broccoli:
http://www.cutecatvideos.net/funny-cats.php
Happy viewing!
