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No. 109 · Fossil record
Huh? Cat
Felis perplexus
A cat named Ben, filmed meowing a sound that reads as a drawn-out, confused “huh.”
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- Habitat
- Russian TikTok in 2021, then paired with the Rambling Goat clip in 2023
- First observed
- 2023
- Diet
- Whatever prompts the meow, usually food
- Call
- A long, questioning “huh”
- Composition
- Face, 1, mid-meow. Confusion, implied.
Conservation status
EXEWCRENVUNTLC
Least concern
Field notes
The clip was filmed in September 2021 and first circulated in Russian TikTok communities that same month. It stayed niche until October 2023, when it was cut against a rambling goat video and the pairing sent both animals viral together.
At the printer
Freeze the mouth mid-open. A closed-mouth cat is just a cat.