Slog News & Arts

Line Out

Music & Nightlife

« Vermillion | Hillary's First TV Ad, Graded »

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Adorable Kittens Face Terrible New Weapon

posted by on August 22 at 10:00 AM

Sidebox-Kitten-Thinks-R.jpg

Note to cat lovers: Think twice before taking snapshots of newborn kittens:

Sara Tarbor had just gotten a new Cannon digital camera after her cat Taz gave birth to 4 kittens. “I bought the camera so I could show the kittens to my family back in Atlanta. The kittens had just turned 4 weeks old and were getting really frisky. My biggest kitten named Spike was rolling and jumping all around so I had taken quite a few photos of him. I was laying on the floor when he jumped at me as I took a photo. The camera flashed right in his face and immediately Spike started flapping around on the floor like a fish. At first I thought he was just playing but I soon figured out it was a seizure”.

Tarbor grabbed a blanket to cover the kitten from light because she had heard it helped people with seizures but it didn’t help. “The kitten stopped moving after 30 seconds or so and died”, said Tarbor. “I had never heard of a cat having a seizure induced by a camera flash so I didn’t think I could hurt them by taking photos”.

images.jpg

RSS icon Comments

1

does it work for pit bulls?

Posted by alan | August 22, 2007 10:11 AM
2

Flash is retarded, anyway.

Posted by Mr. Poe | August 22, 2007 10:13 AM
3

Are there any other cases of this or is this a freak of nature story? I have taken pics with flash of kittens before and none of them died ect....

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger | August 22, 2007 10:14 AM
4

Is it wrong that I find this story intensely funny?

It is. So, so wrong.

Posted by Judah | August 22, 2007 10:15 AM
5

Brad, you are really weird for adding the image of the camera at the bottom.

Posted by Nick | August 22, 2007 10:15 AM
6

Don't use flash on animals... didn't they teach you that in elementary school?

Animals react badly to things like a brilliant flash of light.

Posted by brappy | August 22, 2007 10:16 AM
7

I'm more worried about Walmart trying to kill kittens with kibble.

Posted by Will in Seattle | August 22, 2007 10:23 AM
8

@4, I guess the life of a kitten is just a flash in the pan to you.

Posted by Giffy | August 22, 2007 10:32 AM
9

That was my fault, actually, not the camera's. Sorry about that.

Posted by tsm | August 22, 2007 10:43 AM
10

That's horrible. I need to go to my happy place.

Posted by The General | August 22, 2007 10:45 AM
11

Poor kitty!

Posted by monkey | August 22, 2007 10:48 AM
12

@4 - Yes that is wrong. But not as wrong as my first thought ... The kitten survived the seizure, but was then smothered to death by the blanket.

Posted by Mahtli69 | August 22, 2007 10:49 AM
13

is that the actual kitten that was killed? because it looks terrified. poor thing.

Posted by Kim | August 22, 2007 10:49 AM
14

Ok, if no one else is going to do it, I will:

r no flashez in kittie heavn

Posted by Seth | August 22, 2007 10:55 AM
15

I'M SAD! AND UNHAPPY!!!

Posted by Lindy | August 22, 2007 10:58 AM
16

i love life.

Posted by adrian! | August 22, 2007 11:01 AM
17

I feel badly for Sara, she must be hearbroken. And poor Spike, he didn't know what hit him. And please, will the morons who think this is funny go hide somewhere?

Posted by crazycatguy | August 22, 2007 11:05 AM
18

Submitted to Snopes. Actually true or not, it has "urban legend" written all over it.

Posted by Christin | August 22, 2007 11:10 AM
19

"I can has fatal seizure now?"

Posted by --MC | August 22, 2007 11:36 AM
20

Wow, I'm going to stop using a flash when I take pictures of my kitten. And I'm also not going to use my cell phone at the gas station because it could cause a massive explosion...and kill a nearby kitten.

Posted by Bill | August 22, 2007 11:38 AM
21

Cameras don't kill; people with cameras kill. That flash didn't fire itself, you know.

Posted by SDA in SEA | August 22, 2007 11:42 AM
22

@19
LMAO!!!

Posted by irl500girl | August 22, 2007 11:44 AM
23

Clearly, we need to ban cameras. And kittens.

Posted by Dianna | August 22, 2007 11:53 AM
24

Don't tell Vick about this.

Posted by Suz | August 22, 2007 12:05 PM
25

Sadness! :(

Posted by Nay | August 22, 2007 1:40 PM
26

How can a person looking at a picture of an object with "Canon" written across it in huge white letters write "Cannon"?

Posted by Fnarf | August 22, 2007 1:44 PM
27

I could fnarf : )I am definitely capable of doing that ; )

Posted by mj | August 22, 2007 1:58 PM
28

@20 Thank you! don't forget to pass this message along to 10 friends within 20 minutes or another kitten will fall to the curse.

Posted by NELBOT | August 22, 2007 1:58 PM
29

Well, fnarf, if the kitten was shot with a Cannon, its death would make much more sense, wouldn't it?

Posted by NapoleonXIV | August 22, 2007 3:07 PM
30

Hmmm...I have my doubts that even if the story is true, whether the flash is actually responsible. Every story about seizure inducing lights involve rhythmic lights flashing very quickly. It could just be coincidental that the kitten had a seizure while she was taking pictures.

Posted by Gitai | August 22, 2007 5:37 PM
31

CAT-ASTROPHE!

I feel dirty.

Posted by Snort | August 22, 2007 9:00 PM
32

Please let us know that the photo shown is not the kitten in the storyline.

Posted by lawrence clark | August 23, 2007 2:38 AM
33

smatkvrb ajeun pudyhntx wtjfs lwqnjk kenlgw vtmey

Posted by ubtragl ovkswy | August 28, 2007 2:09 AM
34

cqve gcylenox rknd jlew htsc egvu yjpti http://www.uczgmls.axvszqf.com

Posted by hzxkjpb hiflcz | August 28, 2007 2:10 AM

Comments Closed

In order to combat spam, we are no longer accepting comments on this post (or any post more than 14 days old).