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Chris and Alicia’s cat Gobo has learned a unique skill:

February 17th, 2003

Chris and Alicia‘s cat Gobo has
learned a unique skill:

Our cats (sappy photo album forthcoming) have a favorite toy,
affectionately known as the Vibrating Hedgehog (I tried to find a
picture online, but Google didn’t return the links I was expecting).
Anyway, it was almost bigger than they were as kittens, but both Gobo
and Iris are big enough now that they periodically stalk, kill, and
prance about with said wiggly rodent.

Gobo and the Vibrating Hedgehog Drawstring

The only problem with the toy is that its drawstring nature makes for
limited playtime. Each pull sets the hedgehog to shaking for about five
seconds, after which point it just sort of lays there. It seems,
however, that Gobo has found a novel solution…and we have it on
tape

(Quicktime, 1.5 MB).

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