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Wednesday Afternoon Diversion: Thimblerigging the Kitty

By Kevin Robinson in Arts & Entertainment on Jun 1, 2011 8:00PM

Although sometimes it seems that all the cute cat videos that power the internet are the product of Japan, the fact of the matter is that Russia produces its share of cute pet videos as well. For evidence, he's a Russian video of a cat that's been trained to play thimblerig, better known as the 'shell game.' Now all we need to do is train this cat to ride the L.