These 20 Cats Are Even Cuter Beneath A Magnifying Glass

By  Travis Greenwood Updated

Ring the fun new meme bell because we have a fun new meme to share.

It comes, as they so often do, from everyone's favorite microblogging platform, Twitter, where cat owners in Japan have been snapping closeups of their furry companions with help from an unexpected filter, the humble magnifying glass.

Just like such.

Cats under magnifying glasses are a thing @catsu / Twitter

And the results, judging by the tweets and 'grams compiled below, are pretty freaking adorable.

cat viewed through magnifying glass @tatuya01 via Twitter

And fierce!

cat viewed through magnifying glass @tatuya01 via Twitter

"Y u dew dis 2 mi hooman??"

orange cat viewed through magnifying glass @NOHNGCHANG via Twitter

Naturally, some participants are already over it.

cat viewed through magnifying glass @Grabeelfan via Twitter

YAAAAAWN!

cat viewed through magnifying glass @Grabeelfan via Twitter

But others are leaning in hard: "Hello beautiful."

cat stares at reflection in mirror @Hey_catsssssss via Twitter

All that's needed here for an IRL Nyan Cat is a rainbow.

cat under refractive sheet of glass @chermst via Twitter

We call this one resting sleep face.

cat yawning @circlingsquare via Twitter

The things we do for content: "So I took pictures of my cats with their heads under a magnifying glass and voila"

cat viewed through magnifying glass @ImranSyaffi via Twitter

Sleeping cat viewed through magnifying glass@ImranSyaffi via Twitter

As one does.

woman holds magnifying glass up to cat's face for social media challenge @ellieeeexxxx via Twitter

"Monocle? Nah, never heard of it."

man holds magnifying glass up to cat's face @RecoveryLeads via Twitter

"I don't need to get up? Okay, snap away."

cat's face viewed through magnifying glass @pegpluscat via Twitter

LOL, best one yet.

cat's face viewed through magnifying glass @becki_giles via Twitter

Uh, I'm retracting that previous statement. Because reasons.

cat's face viewed through magnifying glass @paulyoung145 via Twitter

Participants couldn't get enough of it: "Just found out that using a magnifying glass on a cat is hilarious"

cat viewed through magnifying glass @OrangeSeteth via Twitter

Like any good meme, this one is fun for the whole fam: "This is my dad’s cat, Shadow, thru a magnifying glass.

cat viewed through magnifying glass @arictorr via Twitter

"Please allow me a moment of your time.........these images are incredibly urgent........my cat has laid down under my mom's lit up magnifying glass...."

cat viewed through magnifying glass @emmaj_herbst via Twitter

And because the web is nothing if not social, the trend has spilled over to other sites such as Instagram, always a sign that a new meme has legs underneath it.

cat's face viewed through magnifying glass paddingtonkittycat via Instagram

Dogs, not surprisingly, were quickly pressed into duty.

dog's face viewed through magnifying glass _zoe_rowes via Instagram

As were a motley mix of mousers.

cat's face viewed through magnifying glass lisa_medcalf7 via Instagram

cat's face viewed through magnifying glassnarougrigri.vegan.lifestyle via Instagram

The takeaway from this purrfect little phenomenon? Magnifying glass + cat = magnificat!

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