Adorable Videos Show What Cat Curling Is And How It Started

Cat Curling, as they call it, is a series videos of people sliding their cats across the floor to mimic the olympic sport of curling. Now you might think that this is absolutely horrible and cats would never enjoy it, but through many video it seems cats actually enjoy the gentle push and even race back for another round.

h/t: Know Your Meme

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Where is all began...

According to Know Your Meme: The Origin of Cat Curling and earliest know iteration of it was posted in 2006 by Zachary Bennett. However, the original video was removed and re-uploaded on May 22nd, 2011 by YouTuber ziggbiggydiggy. The video features the actual footage of the 2006 United States Women's Curling Team during competition, but a cat has replaced over the granite stone. The video (shown above) received more than 2.5 million views in seven years!

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Since then, many people have reenacted the sport with their own cats and have uploaded them via Social Media or other Sites

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And remember as horrible as it might seem, cats really enjoy the fun play time!

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