Chipi Chipi Chapa Chapa Cat

Felis dubidubius

A cat filmed moving its head on loop, set to the chorus of a 2003 children’s song about a mouse dressed as a bat.

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A looping head motion needs a hidden turntable base. Skip it and the cat just falls over.

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Field data

Habitat: TikTok, December 2023
First observed: 2023
Diet: Whatever is off camera, unrecorded
Call: “Chipi chipi chapa chapa dubidubidu,” on loop
Composition: Head, 1, looped. Chorus, endless.

Conservation status

EXEWCRENVUNTLC

Least concern

Field notes

The song, “Dubidubidu,” was written and performed by the Chilean children’s singer Christell and released in 2003. A December 2023 TikTok paired its chorus with a looping video of a cat’s head movement and picked up over fifteen million views in four days.