http://www.bonsaikitten.com/
Method
At only a few weeks of age, a kitten's bones have not yet hardened and become osseous. They are extremely soft and springy. In fact, if you take a week-old kitten and throw it to the floor, it will actually bounce! We do not recommend that you try this at home. The kitten may bounce under the furniture and be difficult to retrieve, as well as covered in unsightly household dust. However, the flexibility of the kitten's skeleton means that if the bones are gently warped at this early age, they can be molded into any desired shape. At Bonsai Kitten, we achieve this by placing the kitten into a rigid vessel soon after birth, and allowing the young cat to grow out its formative time entirely within this container. The kitten essentially grows into the shape of the vessel! Once the cat is fully developed, it is removed (or the vessel broken to remove it!), producing the lovable, furry pet you've always wanted, but it remains in the shape you've always dreamed of! There is virtually no limit to the eventual shape of your pet.
Practical Considerations
At Bonsai Kitten, we are happy to take care of all the little details and simply deliver to you a fully shaped kitten according to your specifications. However, for those who have applied for and received the appropriate Bonsai Kitticulture permits from the U.S. government, we are happy to provide details of the procedure to those who want to start from "scratch"! There are three main requirements that must be considered when making a Bonsai Kitten:
1. Air. This ought to go without saying, but you'd be surprised how many amateurs forget this detail and wind up with a cold, hard kitty in the morning! If the containment vessel is sealed, you must drill airholes prior to kitten insertion. A diamond drill is recommended for glass vessels. 2. Food & Water. Especially if the kitten's head is being shaped (one of the most versatile aspects of the Bonsai Kitten), it will not be able to eat or drink normally. The most common solution is another hole in the container with a feeding tube to the kitten's mouth, where a liquid food slurry can provide both nutrient and hydration requirements. 3. Waste Removal. Left to its own devices, the kitten would quickly fill its vessel with its own urine and feces, leading to certain sickness and death, not to mention the inevitably unpleasant appearance and odor. The best solution is to seal the kitten's anus with Super Glue prior to insertion, and then insert a waste tube through a third hole in the vessel. As the kitten's body is still developing, a natural rectal diverticulum will soon form around the tube, which can be drained in any convenient fashion. It's just like a kitty colostomy bag!
This has gotta be a "joke", right?
― bprofane (AaronHz), Friday, 28 January 2005 11:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― Stevem On X (blueski), Friday, 28 January 2005 11:01 (twenty-one years ago)
― Two Otto Muehls For Sister Sara (Dada), Friday, 28 January 2005 11:02 (twenty-one years ago)
― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 28 January 2005 11:03 (twenty-one years ago)
― Stevem On X (blueski), Friday, 28 January 2005 11:03 (twenty-one years ago)
― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Friday, 28 January 2005 11:07 (twenty-one years ago)
By the way, HOAX.
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 28 January 2005 11:09 (twenty-one years ago)
― Two Otto Muehls For Sister Sara (Dada), Friday, 28 January 2005 11:10 (twenty-one years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 28 January 2005 11:12 (twenty-one years ago)
― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Friday, 28 January 2005 11:17 (twenty-one years ago)
This kitty didn't think it was funny...
― bprofane (AaronHz), Friday, 28 January 2005 11:33 (twenty-one years ago)
― ken c (ken c), Friday, 28 January 2005 11:37 (twenty-one years ago)
The HSUS investigated these complaints and found that the site was a joke created by a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), who had registered it at his school under a false name. Encouraged by all the negative attention, the student cited his right to free speech in an attempt to keep the site online, but M.I.T. sided with the animal protection organizations and citizens who complained, and removed the site on December 22, 2000.
The following month, the site resurfaced on a new host, WEB2010.com. We contacted this company to voice our concerns, and the company removed the site on January 17, 2001.
While we were grateful to these hosts for removing the site, history tells us that creators of offensive web sites often seek out new hosts until they find one that has either no User's Agreement or allows all content, no matter how offensive, permitted under the First Amendment. The creator of the Bonsai Kitten site followed this pattern, and the site is currently hosted by a new company that refuses to remove it.
Haha, an M.I.T. student.
― bprofane (AaronHz), Friday, 28 January 2005 12:03 (twenty-one years ago)
― Stevem On X (blueski), Friday, 28 January 2005 12:14 (twenty-one years ago)
― bprofane (AaronHz), Friday, 28 January 2005 12:16 (twenty-one years ago)
― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 28 January 2005 12:20 (twenty-one years ago)
― bprofane (AaronHz), Friday, 28 January 2005 12:21 (twenty-one years ago)
I think what this cat has is popcorn fright.
― bprofane (AaronHz), Friday, 28 January 2005 12:23 (twenty-one years ago)
― Andrew (enneff), Friday, 28 January 2005 12:31 (twenty-one years ago)
― bprofane (AaronHz), Friday, 28 January 2005 12:41 (twenty-one years ago)
― ken c (ken c), Friday, 28 January 2005 13:22 (twenty-one years ago)
― bprofane (AaronHz), Friday, 28 January 2005 13:31 (twenty-one years ago)
― Madchen (Madchen), Friday, 28 January 2005 13:50 (twenty-one years ago)
― bprofane (AaronHz), Friday, 28 January 2005 14:10 (twenty-one years ago)
Holy God people of Earth, that part doesn't make it CLEAR that it's fake?
― Kim (Kim), Friday, 28 January 2005 14:18 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 28 January 2005 15:04 (twenty-one years ago)
Some Peta members find this site offensive. Most of them are certifiable.
― J (Jay), Friday, 28 January 2005 15:34 (twenty-one years ago)
― kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 28 January 2005 15:51 (twenty-one years ago)
― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 28 January 2005 16:14 (twenty-one years ago)
Also long debunked.
― j.lu (j.lu), Friday, 28 January 2005 17:28 (twenty-one years ago)
http://shanghaiist.com/2013/12/26/taiwan-cat-plastic-bottle-backlash.php
― 乒乓, Thursday, 26 December 2013 15:40 (twelve years ago)