Meet the Meowrvelous Muses Behind ‘I Can Has Cheezburger’: Our Cats Take Over for International Cat Day

Furst of all, happy International Cat Day, feline fam! Today, we harken back to the days of the ancient Egyptians, where every day was International Cat Day. Today, we thought to show you who the real brains of the operation we call 'I Can Has Cheezburger' are - our cats! They've sat on our lap (and our keyboards) for nearly every article we've ever written, so they know just as much about the biz as we do. Yes, they do know all the company secrets. No, they won't give them to you (unless you have a fresh can of tuna handy).

So, you see? We're cat lovers just like you guys. We wake up every meowrning at 5 AM to feed our furry babies and then come back to bed to snuggle with them before work. We take them to the vet when they're feeling sick and also pay $600 for the vet to tell us they're just mad because we switched up their food brand. We love them every day, but today, we think it's time to give them some extra kisses. Do the same to yours!

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Mia

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Mia loves one thing, and one thing only: food. She loves her chonky self and embraces a fully body pawsitive lifestyle. Playing? That's for the Maine Coons. Mia spends her days sleeping, being purrfectly adorable, and watching Grey's Anatomy with her mom, Mariel Ruvinsky. Her favorite character is Dr. McSteamy, obviously.
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Luno

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Etai Eshet's cat child, Luno, was found in a garbage can and brought to a shelter not far from where they lived. Since he were actively looking to adopt a void, it only took a couple of weeks for him to go from trash-life to his forever home.
He went to meet him at the shelter, and just 15 minutes after he arrived, he was already on his way back home with him.
Luno got his name a few days later, after proving himself to be the sweetest absolute lunatic. Ever since, he’s unstoppable, turning his life into a nonstop loop of chaotic zoomie sessions and purring cuddles.
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Ty

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Ty is chubby prince living his best life with his hooman, Briana Viser. Besides meowing at his owner for pets and more food, Ty enjoys resting in sunlight, and playing with strings. He's iconic for his tilted head, crooked postures, and frazzled eye contact. He's one of a kind.
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Awesome & Coco

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Coco and Awesome are an inseparable mother-and-son duo. Coco is a sweet calico cat who's quite the yapper, while Awesome is an energetic and chaotic orange tabby sporting a single brain cell. Neither of them will pass up an opportunity to cuddle in bed for hours, but make no mistake, they will wake the entire house up with their combined zoomies in the middle of the night. Their mom, Bar Mor Hazut, can verify that they do, in fact, wake up the entire house. And sometimes the neighbors.
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Coco

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Awesome

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Cassandra Allegra Portia Calogera Filomena Pentaghast

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Or 'Cassie' for short

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This 6-year-old void princess is Cassie. She was adopted when she was a teeny tiny furball, merely 4 weeks old at the time. Since she had fuzzy black fur, she was named after the dark-haired fierce warrior from the Dragon Age games: Cassandra Allegra Portia Calogera Filomena Pentaghast. But... black hair is where their similarities end, since Cassie is just a beautiful derp that doesn't know how to hunt a falling leaf if she needed to. Cassie's mom, Ayala Sorotsky, shares her passion for video games. And sunbathing.
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