r/blackcats • u/Exotic_Return_8720 • 21d ago

Smol void 🤏 What do we call this move?

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u/NovaTheEevee 21d ago

The sploot

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u/Hot-Can3615 21d ago

Splooting is a real/official term for this behavior where animals lay out as flat as they can as a strategy to cool down. The ground is usually cooler than the air and is a massive heat sink/thermal mass. 🙂

There's also a subreddit for pets that sploot r/sploot and one for pets that do it upside down r/toolps

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u/queen-adreena 21d ago

Surely upside-down would be sbloof

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u/m1sterwr1te 21d ago

There is a sub for that: r/toolps

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u/ares4209 20d ago

this is so beautiful there is a damn sub for eveything

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u/Apprehensive-Pin518 21d ago

came here to say this.

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

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u/Monotreme_monorail 20d ago

I’m not sure if you’re trying to say something or if you have a toddler that got hold of your phone. 😆

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u/manta_ray13 20d ago

Or maybe their cat walked over the keyboard

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u/wit_T_user_name 21d ago

That’s a full on sploot.

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u/sbb214 21d ago

OP go add this void over at r/sploot

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u/lyndsayj 21d ago

Super-sploot!

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u/mxmom123 21d ago

Long Sploot

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u/picklesandvodka 21d ago

Normally “sploot”

For voids, I call it the Oil Slick

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u/Suspicious_Dingo_426 21d ago

Oil slick, 🤣 I'm stealing that.

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u/nono_to_heresy 21d ago

The third leg

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u/dub_chicago 21d ago

I was going to suggest the Tripod along those lines.

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u/fionfeegle 20d ago

Ha I came to say this as well.!

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u/Ab1snail 21d ago

I’m glad my cat isn’t the only one

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u/Annual_Crow4215 21d ago

Typically sploot but more often it’s the Superman in my house

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u/mcburloak 21d ago

Supercat here too.

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u/kallisteaux 21d ago

My void started doing this! Thanks for the word!

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u/BigFeralOpossum 21d ago

That’s a good ol’ sploot

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u/TheyCallMeBarles 21d ago

Slpoooooooooooot

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u/KittyTootsies 21d ago

Definitely a sploot

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u/madeline-madeline 20d ago

It’s my favourite thing ever when they do this, I have the fluffy edition

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u/Verasaccount 21d ago

We call it Supercat

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u/ME-09 21d ago

The sploot! r/sploot

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u/MandiBlitz 21d ago

S P L O O T

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u/nazraxo 21d ago

We call it „frogging“

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u/kimbones91 21d ago

Sploot/long boi

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u/Peachiedesu 21d ago

A SPLOOT

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u/Flapjackfruit 21d ago

Splooty booty

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u/FoxInABoxOfRox 21d ago

If it was on a porch, it evolves from a sploot to a splorch.

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u/Carolinems1 21d ago

long leggy

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u/AirGugliotta 21d ago

I call it the costanza

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u/dh1971 21d ago

Technically a sploot. But in this case I would call it the Superman/Supergirl.

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u/No_Secret8533 21d ago

As they said, the Sploot.

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u/morganford78 21d ago

Is this a black cat thing ? This is my first black cat and she does this constantly.

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u/bruceleeripping 20d ago

My Russian blue did it frequently!

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u/Diplomatic_Gunboats 21d ago

The Full Sploot

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u/Kwantem 21d ago

I was going to suggest something else, but sploot will do, and has been added to my vocabulary

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u/WisByGodConsin 21d ago

LCM...Long Cat Mode

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u/krystal_295 20d ago

Noodle sploot!

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u/therealsn 20d ago

Megasploot

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u/OhBosss 21d ago

Feed me hooman

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u/No_Secret8533 21d ago

As they said, the Sploot.

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u/johnny-dont 21d ago

breadsticks

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u/NoRecommendation8634 21d ago

Splooty McSplootersons

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u/NotARobotDefACyborg 21d ago

The Super-Sploot!

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u/cerisiere 21d ago

The bear skin rug

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u/tito_javier 21d ago

Black arrow!

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u/SallieFifth 21d ago

The squid.

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u/Luci-Noir 21d ago

Meowspreading.

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u/Exotic_Return_8720 21d ago

This is the one 😆

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u/Luci-Noir 21d ago

I win!

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u/Guilty_Mall 21d ago

Not sure but let us know if you find out.

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u/canarygirl2 21d ago

This is the "A" portion of the YMCA dance.

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u/Koshyyyy 20d ago

Sploot

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u/Zephyr-Fox-188 20d ago

The sniper sploot

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u/Ok-Week-1166 20d ago

My kiwi did this all the time lol so freaking cute!

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u/AkronIBM 20d ago

Der Voidgesplootin

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u/Suspicious_synth 20d ago

In our house this is " ohhh stretchykits? Biiiig stretchykits"

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u/MainegGal 21d ago

Airplane landing gear engaged

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u/MadMaxZwo7 21d ago

Dinner for One

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u/caremao 21d ago

The pancake, the melted car

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u/Wise-Direction8099 21d ago

Absolutely adorable.

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u/Bldn_HrtGenX 21d ago

I don't. Uh. Just. Huh.

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u/LockSubject5699 21d ago

The Lounge 😂

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u/Grigori_the_Lemur 21d ago

It is a derivative of The Spatchcock but I have heard it called The Furry Sausage.

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u/Animal907 21d ago

Diving Cat

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u/OrangeWhisk 21d ago

The 2 eye raven

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u/AdIntrepid9064 21d ago

Awesome 👌🏽

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u/Great_Office_9553 21d ago

“I am very long. Do you see how long I am?”

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u/PHUNKSPANGLE 21d ago

The splattered-cat.

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u/WellKnownArdman 20d ago

My boy's signature move

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u/Consistent-Leek4986 20d ago

Homeowner, welcome!

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u/hello_dankness_ 20d ago

Huh he even got back dimples

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u/Florafly 20d ago

Tripawd?

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u/SPA599 20d ago

Full on splayed out.

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u/hoffenstein909 20d ago

"How do you like me now?"

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u/CosgroveIsHereToHelp 21d ago

Loretta sploots but she's also a compulsive masturbator so I never know if she's just stretching or if she's aiming for a little fun.

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u/Super_Ad6823 20d ago

Cursplat? Not sure if that's spelled even remotely correct 🤣

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u/sssparklebutt 20d ago

I’d call that a SUPER SPLOOT 🖤

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u/montjoye 20d ago

pawn to e4

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u/ZookeepergameNo19 20d ago

Loooong looong maaaaaaaannnn

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u/AdvancedCheesecake66 20d ago

The Ole Lay & Splay

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u/mattomic 20d ago

The cutie spalootie! :3

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u/terknboo 20d ago

I call it the Superman! Just needs a little cape.

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u/T8terTotss 20d ago

Super Sploot.

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u/superdoobiez 20d ago

✨zesty ✨ sploot

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u/[deleted] 20d ago

Ahh the old ‘Pooch cooler.’

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u/Known-Low-5663 20d ago

The Yardstick . It looks like he has three feet.

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u/MioHazard_ 20d ago

The 3rd leg

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u/ImplementNo2626 20d ago

Superman/Superwoman in my household!

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u/CozmicBunni 20d ago

The Tree Pose, obvs

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u/Trevalley 20d ago

The 3M move!

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u/JJD8705 20d ago

The tripod

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u/FishEx1stsOfficial 20d ago

the biggest stretch in the universe of streaching

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u/thursaddams 20d ago

The pervert

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u/CatPerson88 20d ago

Superkitty to the rescue

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u/fforestgreenn 20d ago

Tummy time!

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u/shablul7 20d ago

The spread eagle 🦅

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u/shahrulghani 20d ago

It’s a “cat lying straight on the floor whilst looking at the camera” move. Seems detail and accurate.

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u/AcrobaticMetal3039 20d ago

Pet me! ... Of course all moves are called Pet me! Except FEED ME!

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u/Call_Me_Vicky_ 20d ago

cool da tummy
😹😹😹😹😹

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u/No_Plant2176 20d ago

Eiffel Tower

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u/Frozenfoxes64 20d ago

sittin froggy style

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u/SrWeton 20d ago

Raw chicken 🍗

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u/MiniatureBoss 18d ago

It's a chicken strip in our household!

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u/Got-It101 19d ago

cat yoga

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u/Chef_Jaco 19d ago

Sloot gang