Thursday, June 26, 2014

Trivia: On Calico Cats and the Philosophy of Language


A Calico Cat. Picture taken from Google


    Calicoes are domesticated tricolor cats, with a predominant white coloring and the two other colors are often orange or black. Random fact: Calico cats are usually female. It is rare to see male ones and it is rarer to find virile ones. If you see one, it is most likely a female.

       This kind of cat first got my attention thanks to Shamisen the cat from the anime, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Note that a shamisen is a traditional Japanese stringed instrument and the best ones are made of cat skin. Disturbing? Perhaps. Anyway, this particular calico can talk and philosophize on the nature of language and communication. Check it!



Do turn on the captions in the video for English Subtitles or you can watch the the next video which is the dubbed version.



Meow!

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