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Aoshima Island aka Cat Island in Japan (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world

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Cat Island known for its large number of feline residents and small number of people.

Felines have been reported by news outlets to outnumber humans by ratios between 6:1 and 10:1, but as elderly inhabitants of the island have died, the ratio has greatly increased, to almost 36:1.

Cats were introduced to combat rodents on fishing boats but remained on the island and reproduced in large numbers

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[-] Uranium_Green@sh.itjust.works 29 points 4 days ago

The photo in the OP looks either AI generated or badly AI upscaled, zoom in on the cats in the back...

[-] peanuts4life 14 points 4 days ago

Yeah, it's an AI image that spent some time on Facebook and Instagram. Reverse image searched.

[-] Jerb322@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Front left. Black cat got a jacked up tail..

[-] LilDumpy@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

It's a cat tail sail. ⛵

this post was submitted on 24 Apr 2025

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