
“Cat circles”, the amazing phenomenon in which a cat will deliberately sit in a circle on the floor, has been a subject of discussion on a thread on reddit. The original thread, started by admancb featured photos by guremike, who lays out the process very simply with his own cat as the subject.

Make a circle on the floor
The cat zeroes in on the circle

The cat sits down
Et voilá, a cat circle is made. Here are some other examples from around the world.



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