Medieval Artists Apparently Enjoyed Painting Cats Licking Their Own Butts
Our fondness for cats and their idolization in popular culture far precedes the internet – humans have been lovingly sharing pics of our feline friends since the days of Ancient Egypt. Usually, we prefer to admire cats being cute, funny or majestic. However, there appears to be one period in human history when we enjoyed creating images of them doing something else entirely – licking their butts.
Perhaps there was a certain sense of medieval humor that encouraged this trend. Perhaps it was an admiration of the way cats calmly kept themselves clean in a brutal time of violence, squalor and disease. Or perhaps it is some secret Da Vinci code giving hints as to the location of the Holy Grail.
Either way, it is good for a laugh in our day and age. This hilarious and weird quirk of the medieval art world was first noticed on the Tumblr Discarding Images, and it has been baffling people ever since.
Scroll down below to check out the best of cats licking their butts below, and let us know what you think in the comments!
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