Munchkin Cat Showing Off His New Tricks Will Give You A Boost Of Serotonin
Sit, shake, spin! We all know dogs can be taught tricks like giving a high-five, but did you know cats can learn them too? They most certainly can; it's just potentially not as easy or as commonplace, making it that much more amusing to see. Just look at this sweet little munchkin cat showing off its skills on TikTok — it's the cutest thing ever!
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Titled "Tricks I taught my cat," the clip has been viewed almost 10 million times, proving just how fascinated people are with cats doing typical tricks and being weirdly adorable. In it, the content creator can be heard talking to her adorably fluffy munchkin cat, asking him to sit, swirl, and high-five, to which the cat plops his butt down, turns around in a circle, and gives her a paw. During it all, the cat is clearly hoping for a treat, which is happily received at the end of the video.
While most people ran to the comments to say just how cute the stubby-legged feline is — with one claiming, "This is the most cat looking cat I have ever seen" — some came to express disbelief as others dropped comments about how their own cats don't do what they ask. "How did you train him so good? I feel like my cat doesn't listen to me," says one watcher. On the flipside, one person questions why more owners don't teach their cats tricks, pondering, "It's funny because we train them to use their litter boxes and then nothing else when they are actually super intelligent creatures." Time to step it up, cat lovers!
Munchkin cat traits and temperament
With a name derived from the Munchkin characters in the classic "Wizard of Oz" novel and movie, munchkin cats are best known for their signature short legs that give them a small stature and unique ability to sit upright on their haunches.
Munchkin legs are roughly three inches shorter than average, non-munchkin cat legs, although otherwise they are relatively proportionate, typically weighing under 10 pounds. While their short legs come from a naturally occurring gene that causes dwarfism, they are widely bred on purpose these days, which some breed registries disapprove of. When they are bred, they are often mixed with a wide variety of non-munchkin domestic cats, making each individual cat's personality and temperament equally unique, but overall, they are considered friendly, cuddly, and playful — and, of course, adorable-looking.
Given their stubby legs and low-slung bodies that are that much closer to the ground, these cats are often seen as kittenish, even in their advanced years. That fun-sized body gets them a lot of attention, which they'll most likely eat up; like any other cat, they just want to be loved.