50 of Your Most Pressing Kitten Questions, Answered

50 of Your Most Pressing Kitten Questions, Answered

The arrival of the internet revealed an indisputable fact about human beings and the things that pique their interests: When given instant access to the accumulated knowledge of the entire human race, people will use it mostly to look at kittens.

That's not exactly true, actually, but it's pretty close. The Purina company, which makes Friskies cat food, claimed in 2013 that 15 percent of all web traffic is cat-related—but it turns out that may be just another urban legend. Kittens and cats play a lead role in videos, vlogs, blogs, and marketing campaigns, and they're the subjects of an endless ocean of memes and gifs. Celebrity felines like the recently deceased Grumpy Cat rack up hundreds of millions of views and earn millions of dollars for their lucky owners.