Pets

Cats. They rule the Internet. Here's reason #385,201 why.

Our feline companions often amuse us in surprising ways. Like in this case, when an unnamed Russian kitty found the end of a vacuum cleaner hose quite irresistible.

The hose briefly attempts to engulf its face, but the orange cat is undeterred. In fact, he then proceeds to grip it like a bong and hit that piece over and over!

We know. It's a slow news day.

Cat Licks Vacuum Cleaner

Posted on Thursday of last week, this cat video is already approaching 3.5 million views. More than a few of whom have made bong-related comments.

Appropriate, with Saturday being 4/20 and all.

The web basically exists for two reasons: Kate Upton photos and cat videos.

We celebrate the former pretty much every day. But today, it's National Pet Owner's Day (apparently) so raise a glass to your four-legged friends - and yourselves!

Grumpy Cat in a Box

So for all those animals who've made their owners famous (and regular animals who just do their thing at home and not on YouTube), this day is for you.

And for you, owners who pick up filth. Who shell out HUGE $$ at the vet. Who make them part of your family even when they break stuff and bite you.

Bottom line: It's pretty clear who is in charge here. And it's not you.

But hopefully the cuteness and fun stories make up for it. At least you can tell yourselves that. Check out lots more of THG's favorite pets after the jump!

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Sox the cat clearly does not lack for self-esteem.

In the video below, the feline just can't get enough of his reflection, or how cute he looks from every angle. Paws up. Down. Profile. Straight on. FTD.

Perhaps he's a narcissist ... or simply mesmerized by the fact that his paws are reversed in the reflection. Either way, lookin' good Sox. Lookin'. Good.

"People be like 'damn, that's a cold ass kitty'" ...

Cat Poses in Mirror

And the award for Most Adorable Photo in the History of the Internet does NOT go to Justin Bieber!

In a viral photo that is melting hearts around the globe, Cindy Clark - a French Bulldog Breeder from Pennsylvania - has posted an image of a sleeping baby covered in puppies online.

Yes, a sleeping baby covered in puppies! What else needs to be said?

Spring has sprung, which means longer days, warmer temperatures, the occasional topless book club and flocks of birds migrating all over North America.

In the video below, an adorable little girl in British Columbia, Canada, experiences this for the first time as hundreds of honking birds descend on her subdivision.

Watch as the toddler exclaims inaccurately, "Look at all those chickens!"

Look at All Those Chickens!

NOTE: They are actually snow geese, passing through on their way back from wintering in the U.S. en route to their nesting grounds in the high arctic.

In sort of related news ... watch this Canadian goose chasing a gorilla!

And we have a new contender for Video of the Year!

In the following 27-second clip, a Canadian goose makes his way through the Sedgewick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas.

What happens when he comes across a 450-pound, 20-year old gorilla named Barney? Like The Honey Badger, this goose just don't care.

But the gorilla certainly does! Click Play now and be taken by hilarious surprise when you see which animal causes the other to scurry away in fear:

Goose Attacks Gorilla

A fisherman in Belarus was bitten and killed by a beaver this week.

All he was doing was trying to take a photo of it, reports said.

The man spotted the beaver while fishing with friends at Lake Shestakov, but as he approached to take a photo, the beaver bit him on the thigh.

The animal, which can bite through trees, managed to sever an artery in the process, and sadly, the man's friends couldn't stop the blood flow.

Beaver attacks are not common, though they do occur, usually with rabid beavers, as recently reported in Russia, Virginia and Upstate new York.

We would not recommend engaging one under any circumstances.

Finally, in this age of puppies being tied to track tracks, some positive pet news for a change:

A hamster in England has risen from the dead!!!

Allow us, and this video, to explain...

Hamster Rises from the Dead: Explained

Over Easter weekend, Lisa Kilbourne-Smith and her boyfriend James Davis were watching a two-year old hamster named Tink.

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We've all observed how animals eat their food at some point.

Never quite like this, though. That much we can promise you.

In the viral video below, appropriately titled How Animals Eat Their Food, a guy demonstrates the various techniques employed by many of Earth's creatures.

If you've ever wanted to see a guy eat like a cow, alligator, lizard, whale, groundhog, kangaroo, flamingo, rhinoceros or T-rex, you are officially in luck:

How Animals Eat Their Food

Officials at a Riverside County animal shelter say a 10-month old poodle/terrier named Banjo is okay today after a 78-year old man tied the puppy to railroad tracks on April 2.

Fortunately, an engineer pulled the emergency brakes in time and saved the animal.

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