Cats That Are Their Own State Of Matter

Cats don't give AF about physics

Kylin

• Published in Animals
• May 18, 2022

Cats are a unique sort of creature. Anyone who has ever interacted with one knows they’re unpredictable, hilarious, and essentially their own state of matter.

If it’s been many years since a physics class, or maybe you skipped that lesson, a state of matter is one of the distinct forms in which matter can exist. There have been four states of matter observed in everyday life: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma.

I’d like to add one more for consideration: Cats. While they’re obviously a solid matter, some cats are so fluffy they’re practically a gas, and literally, all cats are so freakishly flexible that they’re arguably some sort of liquid.

Comfort for cats can be perplexing for us humans, as they contort themselves into an IKEA pretzel gone wrong, or melt off their pillowy beds. Honestly, if I could stretch in the way that a cat could, I wouldn’t have back problems anymore, cats are goals AF.

In honor of these matter-challenging beasts, we collected several adorable photos and videos of cats in awkward predicaments for your entertainment. Keep scrolling to see what these cutie kitties have gotten themselves into.

1. Cats are their own state of matter

2. "The first 90 degree weekend in Colorado melted my cat"

3. Sunbathing turned into melting

4. "In a vase just chilling!"

5. "It's a Catscade"

6. 1 gallon of fresh cat

7. "I'm sure that cats are 95% liquid."

8. The "donut" position

9. "Salvador Dali’s cat"

10. Filled the sink to the brim

11. "Fluid flow from higher to lower level"

12. Liquid phase cannot be contained by any bed

13. Literally, no bed can contain cats in liquid phase

14. Cat spilled all over the top of the couch

15. Cat caught as she was melting from solid to liquid.

16. Kitten doesn't need it's spine

17. J-cat

18. A bountiful harvest

19. Kitten flexes their flexibility

20. Cat fully fills plastic bucket

21. Travel sized kitten can fit in any cupholder

22. Kitten has a ?

23. Picked the wrong pot

24. Assembly instructions unclear

25. Clogging up the sink

26. Sometimes cats forget to engage their solid stabilizers while sleeping

27. Bird watching like a flow of water

28. Melted straight off the bed

29. Mail order kitty can fit in any box

30. 3 black cats melding in a bowl

31. This cat doesn't need a human to open doors

32. A perfect fit

33. Definitely a liquid

34. Where did they even come from?!

35. Flows right under the freaking door

36. Long baby is both solid and liquid

37. Check out this massive unit trying to pour himself into a cat hammock

38. Cat fluidity in action

39. Elegant floof is essentially just a cloud

40. Like a graceful waterfall

After going through these pictures and videos, I think we can call agree that there are actually five states of matter: solid, liquid, gas, plasma, and cats. This was essentially a science lesson, you’re welcome.

We’d love to hear about your own kitties and the shenanigans they get into. Let us know about them in the comments, and if you’ve ever witnessed the Cat State of Matter.

Don’t forget to share this with your fellow cat-lovers.

Kylin