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The ancestors of the Norwegian Forest Cat most likely served as ships' cats (mousers) on Viking ships. [10] The original landrace lived in the Norwegian forests for many centuries, but were later prized for their hunting skills and were used on Norwegian farms, [11] until they were discovered in the early 20th century by cat enthusiasts. [12]
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011) is an action role-playing video game heavily inspired by Viking culture. [254] [255] Vikings are the lead focus of the 2020 video game Assassin's Creed Valhalla, which is set in 873 AD, and recounts an alternative history of the Viking invasion of Britain. [256]
As of 2024, the domestic cat was the second most popular pet in the United States, with 73.8 million cats owned and around 42.2 million households owning at least one cat. [ 198 ] [ 199 ] In the United Kingdom , 26% of adults have a cat, with an estimated population of 10.9 million pet cats as of 2020.
The orange tabby, also commonly called red or ginger tabby, is a color-variant of the above patterns, having pheomelanin (O allele) instead of eumelanin (o allele). Though generally a mix of orange and white, the ratio between fur color varies, from a few orange spots on the back of a white cat to a completely orange coloring with no white at all.
Pictures of Grumpy Cat are frequently found in the form of memes, due to Grumpy Cat's deformed features giving a permanently unhappy appearance. Cats have also featured prominently in modern culture. For example, a cat named Mimsey was used by MTM Enterprises as their mascot and features in their logo as a spoof of the MGM lion. [30]
Blue, a Siamese cat taken hostage in Gresham, Oregon, in a grocery store in the United States in 1994. Browser, Texas library cat [24] Brünnhilde, a cat known for having her photos displayed by the Library of Congress. Fred the Undercover Kitty, a cat famous for assisting the NYPD and Brooklyn District Attorney's Office in 2006.
The analysis is expounded upon by Jacob Grimm, who notes that Hinze was the name of the cat in the Reineke (German version of Reynard the Fox) so it was the common pet name for cats. Thus hinzelman, hinzemännchen are recognized as cat-based names, to be grouped with katermann (from kater " tom cat ") which may be precursor to tatermann .
Jorts is an orange tabby cat that initially rose to internet fame in December 2021 in a viral Reddit thread discussing purported workplace attempts to train him that included him being smeared with margarine. A Twitter account personifying Jorts (and his fellow workplace cat Jean) as a supporter of organized labor has since received recognition.