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01-29-2016, 03:07 PM
Hilary Hanson
News editor, The Huffington Post
A video of a human woman in Norway who claims that she is really a cat has taken the Internet by storm this week, but there’s little information available about her.Is the woman identified in the video as a 20-year-old named Nano serious? Is the whole thing a joke (it is, after all, categorized under YouTube’s “Comedy” section)? Is she an otherkin?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWeBunPiIzo
What we CAN say is that we don’t think Nano’s story checks out. Here’s some evidence.
1. She’s giving an interviewNot to promote stereotypes here — after all, cats can be trained — but when’s the last time you tried to get your cat to do ANYTHING, much less sit down for a lengthy interview? Cats have better things to do.
2. She and her friend — who allegedly adopts a "cat personality" sometimes — communicate through a series of meows.Adult cats don’t usually meow at each other — they primarily use “meows” to communicate with humans. Also, what she said/meowed actually means “delicious tuna,” not “come on, let’s go” as she believes. Embarrassing.
3. The whole “cat vision” thing
She claims to have the superior night vision of a cat, but this doesn’t really fit with her “cat born into a human body” story. Your eyes are part of your body, so Nano should still have human vision. Hmmmm.
4. She says she hasn’t caught any mice
A cat would never admit this.
5. She’s wearing a bell.
What self-respecting cat is going to wear a bell by choice? Also, that might help explain why she hasn’t caught any mice.
News editor, The Huffington Post
A video of a human woman in Norway who claims that she is really a cat has taken the Internet by storm this week, but there’s little information available about her.Is the woman identified in the video as a 20-year-old named Nano serious? Is the whole thing a joke (it is, after all, categorized under YouTube’s “Comedy” section)? Is she an otherkin?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWeBunPiIzo
What we CAN say is that we don’t think Nano’s story checks out. Here’s some evidence.
1. She’s giving an interviewNot to promote stereotypes here — after all, cats can be trained — but when’s the last time you tried to get your cat to do ANYTHING, much less sit down for a lengthy interview? Cats have better things to do.
2. She and her friend — who allegedly adopts a "cat personality" sometimes — communicate through a series of meows.Adult cats don’t usually meow at each other — they primarily use “meows” to communicate with humans. Also, what she said/meowed actually means “delicious tuna,” not “come on, let’s go” as she believes. Embarrassing.
3. The whole “cat vision” thing
She claims to have the superior night vision of a cat, but this doesn’t really fit with her “cat born into a human body” story. Your eyes are part of your body, so Nano should still have human vision. Hmmmm.
4. She says she hasn’t caught any mice
A cat would never admit this.
5. She’s wearing a bell.
What self-respecting cat is going to wear a bell by choice? Also, that might help explain why she hasn’t caught any mice.