A cat that performs an unusual dance for its owner is going viral on Instagram.
The video, posted by Lux & Ivy the Dancing Cats (on Instagram, TikTok, X, formerly @crampcats on Twitter), has been viewed 5.4 million times since it was shared five days ago.
Stephanie Bezeau, 36, the cat duo’s owner, said: newsweek The latest video is said to be a compilation over the past few months of her cat Ivy living up to her nickname “Little Ivy” in an apartment building in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
In the latest clip, a voice can be heard saying, “Good morning, little Ivy.” The footage shows Ivy, a Yemeni Shorthair, a white and brown tabby cat, standing in different parts of the house and moving her paws up in the air.
@crampcats on Instagram, TikTok, and X (formerly Twitter)
“Her dancing is spontaneous and there’s no particular trigger,” said Bezeau, an Ottawa-based real estate agent. “That said, she responds very well to my voice, so we There is no doubt that there is a special bond between them.”
According to an October 2022 study, felines can decipher words directed at them by their owners, so Ivy’s reaction to Bezo’s voice is not surprising.
This research animal cognition, found that “when their owners produce sentences, cats can distinguish between sounds addressed specifically to themselves and sounds addressed to adult humans.”
When listening to sentences spoken by strangers, felines did not seem to distinguish between typical adult-directed speech (ADS) and cat-directed speech (CDS), the study found.
“Her natural tendencies”
Bezo said. newsweek She says she started noticing Ivy dancing after she was adopted at the age of one with her older brother Lux, named after a member of the band The Cramps. She will be 4 years old this March, she said.
Bezo said, “It seems like Ivy either dances naturally without being taught anything, or she learned it from her previous family members. My guess is that it’s her natural tendency.”
“What started as a morning routine has become an all-day event, with Ivy dancing every morning, noon, and evening, whenever she feels like it,” she added.
A dancing cat in the latest clip is delighting Instagram users.
User 030hannah030 said: “It’s literally the most precious thing you have.”
User nadiagstar wrote, “My heart can’t bear it.”
User alexandra.virvaroiu said, “Oh my god, how is she so cute? Please tell her the whole world thinks she’s cute.”
User cats_and_sports_memes commented, “It’s her blinking when she’s stretching!”
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