A video about a cat "locked" in her own world while transfixed on a tablet device has gone viral on TikTok.
The clip was shared by @jadesharpy and has garnered 1.2 million views since it was posted on November 18.
The footage shows a hand opening the side of a cardboard box. Inside, a feline is shown laying on a bed watching what appears to be a cat food commercial playing on the screen of a tablet device.
A note overlaid on the clip says: "I can't stop laughing, she's not left this box all day."
A caption shared with the post simply says "crying."
The cat's fixation with watching the tablet screen is understandable as screen time may be a key form of enrichment for especially indoor cats.
According to the findings of a September 2008 published in Applied Animal Behaviour Science, "visual stimulation in the form of televised moving images, notably that combining elements of prey items and linear movement, may be enriching for domestic cats housed in rescue shelters."
The study found that the cats that were exposed to programs "depicting animate and inanimate forms of movement spent significantly more of their time looking at the monitors than those exposed to the moving images of humans or the blank screen."
The 'Secret Life of Pets'
Viewers on TikTok were in stitches over the scene in the viral clip.
TAMARA said: "That is soooooo cute and hilarious," and LissaLis said: "omg she's so content, adorable."
Maja wrote: "Not even i would have left this! Looks so cozy!"
User serenity said: "this is their secret life of pets omg," and donny.escobar wrote: "No hooman allowed in the cat cave."
AJSoul08 said: "Finally got her own room...she locked in."
YaiLikeYé noted: "She's an iPad cat," and Destiny's Dynasty wrote: "CATFLIX AND CHILL."
Alaa Haidar said: "talk about targeted ads," and nikita legacy said: "She can't skip the ad."
User @xxxtlovexxx said: "She's had a hard day and needs some down time...me-now time."
KG4 said: "not her binge watching," and glam.nglitz wrote: "Leave her alone she watching her stories."
Newsweek has contacted the original poster for comment via TikTok. This video has not been independently verified.
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