Cote Maru is an Internet star

The muzzle looking out of the box is the first association associated with the cat Maru. It is thanks to the boxes cat maru very quickly became known throughout the world. Who is he, this cute cat?

The Japanese cat Maru is a real phenomenon on the Internet. A desperate fan of boxes has millions of fans and admirers. Each of the 170 videos involving the cat Maru reviewed more than 100,000 times. It means that The cat has collected more than 170 million views. Do not say that you have not heard about it yet!

The cat maru became famous thanks to his love of boxes. As soon as he sees the box, he immediatelyawakens a passionate desire to climb into it. In this case, the size of the box is fundamentally irrelevant for Maru. Even a box from under a dry breakfast cat urgently needed. It remains only to be surprised how Maru fits in them.

Cat Maru and boxes: the beginning of the story

It all started not in 2008, when the hostess Marulaid out the first video with her cat, and much earlier. Maru appeared in the house of mugumogu - the hostess's nickname, under which she puts the video on YouTube - being only a four-month old kitten, in 2007. At that time, Maru weighed as much as 2.4 kg. A bit too much for a kitten, is not it? They called a new pet a short and simple name - Maru, which means "round" in Japanese. Do not think that the name for the cat was chosen specially. The name was chosen even before the appearance of the kitten in the house. Coincidence or fate?

From the first days of the appearance in the house, the kitten became interested in boxes. Soon mugumogu noticed that her pet in every possible way tries to climb into any box he sees. Once the video with Maru mugumogu decided to lay out for everyone to see. To the surprise of the owner of the cat, the video with Maru became extremely popular. Soon there were some more videos, Maru got his own pages on Facebook, Twitter and a blog.

The cat became so popular that in 2009, the video with his participation won the YouTube Video JAPAN Award. Later, excerpts from some videos were used in advertising cat litter in the United States. In the same year 2009, the first I am Maruin which there are numerous photos of Maru "in action". The second book about the cat Maru was published in 2011. Unfortunately, it was published only in Japanese.

Cat Maru: dear pet

Many people are interested in the question: what kind of cat maru? Unlike favorite exotic ones in Japan, Maru is a Scottish Fold breed cat, true, with straight ears. Type of color - black marble with white.

By the way, Maru has a very interesting character. He does not like being held in his arms, but he loves water. When his mistress is in the bathroom, Maru does not miss the opportunity to play with the water with his paws. Also Maru does not like, when not pay attention to him. He will behave stupidly, funny or naughty just to be looked at. This is such a wonderful and funny cat Maru.