[cynwoody]

It seems the article's author won the 2017 Ig Nobel Prize in Physics for 'using fluid dynamics to probe the question "Can a Cat Be Both a Solid and a Liquid?"' The prize announcement[0] cites the current article.

Also relevant, down-thread, plink mentions the Bonsai Kitten[1] hoax from nearly 18 years ago now.

[0]https://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2017

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonsai_Kitten

[teh_klev]

I'm pretty sure Bonsai kitten was a thing long before 2000. I remember seeing it as early as 1996, perhaps even 1995. It may not have had a domain name at that time, but it was certainly doing the rounds in the mid 90's.

[teh_klev]

Apropos my last comment, it was also around the time of "Fun With Grapes" which originally lived here:

http://www.sci.tamucc.edu/~pmichaud/grape

but now preserved by the author:

http://www.pmichaud.com/grape/

I think this was one of the first things I visited on the web with my Windows 3.1 PC running Trumpet Winsock circa late '94 :)