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Kitty Cuteness Proven To Improve Human Performance + More News & Mews

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Cat lovers knew this day would come. Leave it to researchers from the land of Hello Kitty to scientifically prove that simply looking at photos of cute kittens enhances work performance. A team led by a Hiroshima University professor with 130 college students conducted a study called “Power of Kawaii. Kawaii is the Japanese word for cute. The test subjects shown photos of kittens and puppies saw their manual dexterity, accuracy and speed improve 44% but only an improvement of 5% with adult cats or dogs. Click here to read the complete abstract.

Regardless of what scientists say, we know cats make us happier and we want more! After the massive success of the Cat Video festival in Minneapolis, a sequel was bound to happen, so if you’re in the Boston area, mark your calendar for this free Internet Video Cat Festival happening on October 23.
More cuteness and happy news. Rotem, an endangered sand cat gave birth to four cubs in August at the Zoological Center of Tel Aviv in Israel. Extinct in the wild, several zoos have successfully bred the sand cats with the plan to re-introduce them to their natural habitat.

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We hope you’re enjoying the end of September with a few cute feline friends This is Odin and Domino from our 2012 calendar.

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