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10. 37-pound cat weighs in on Twitter

Sun May 6, 2012, 10:04 PM

May 2012

http://www.koat.com/news/new-mexico/albuquerque/37-pound-cat-weighs-in-on-Twitter/-/9153728/12408214/-/6sqx8n/-/

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - He's the fat cat from New Mexico who's become an overnight sensation. Now, Mr. Meow has his own twitter feed with hundreds of followers.

It's the ultimate form of digital flattery. Kim Kardashian has one, so does Michael Wiener's hair; it's a fake Twitter feed.

The page is called The 37 LB Cat, and he already has 337 followers hanging on his every tweet.

The Santa Fe Animal shelter where Meow is being taken care of said no one at the shelter is behind the twitter feed. But spokesman Ben Swan said he suspects whoever is behind it pulled the information off the shelter's Facebook page and is tweeting it as their own

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Look at this huge freakin' kitty ! [View all] steve2470 May 2012 OP

mucho to love .............. Angry Dragon May 2012 #1

My cat weighs 17 lbs hifiguy May 2012 #2

got adopted NJCher May 2012 #3

He's adorable. Glad he got adopted. Arugula Latte May 2012 #4

He's not fat, he's 'fluffly'. Ikonoklast May 2012 #5

I'm not surprised his owner could no longer afford to feed him! Baitball Blogger May 2012 #6

Poor puddy-tat! applegrove May 2012 #7

He has the same look as this one Major Nikon May 2012 #8

Yeah - "PUT ME THE FUCK DOWN AND FEED ME!" HopeHoops May 2012 #15

Probably a GOP donor liberaltrucker May 2012 #9

37-pound cat weighs in on Twitter steve2470 May 2012 #10

Oh, goodness... MrMickeysMom May 2012 #11

makes my 23-pound tabby look svelte! grasswire May 2012 #12

My cat weighs 25 pounds ellie May 2012 #13

Look at this one - kas125 May 2012 #14

37-pound cat passes away in Santa Fe rogerballard May 2012 #16

aw that's so very sad steve2470 May 2012 #17