The kitty-couch potatoes: Internet craze celebrates human qualities of our feline friends

As all cat-lovers know, every moggy has moments when they seem almost human in their behaviour.

Now, a new internet craze celebrates the feline friends who like to sit back and relax in style. A host of websites, viral emails and blogs have been circulating pictures of ‘cats that sit like humans’ — and they’ve even been featured on TV. Here we give you the best of the kitty couch potatoes.

Mog-nificent: This lovely white coat is hell to keep clean

Mog-nificent: This lovely white coat is hell to keep clean

Whiskas: But I'm not as old as I look

Whiskas: But I'm not as old as I look

Paws for thought: In pensive mood

Paws for thought: In pensive mood

Cat napping: Dreaming of a sunbed holiday...perhaps Catalonia this year, or Felixstowe

Cat napping: Dreaming of a sunbed holiday...perhaps Catalonia this year, or Felixstowe

Cat's the way to do it: Just lie back and relax, dinner's almost ready

Cat's the way to do it: Just lie back and relax, dinner's almost ready

Sitting kitty: How to look cool on a couch

Sitting kitty: How to look cool on a couch

Feline groovy: It's funny how humans sit like us

Feline groovy: It's funny how humans sit like us

Miaow to look good naked: It's easy when you are born with lush fur

Miaow to look good naked: It's easy when you are born with lush fur

Catatonic: It's a hard life...all that eating, sleeping and preening...

Catatonic: It's a hard life...all that eating, sleeping and preening...

The mog-father: I'll make you an offer you can't refuse

The mog-father: I'll make you an offer you can't refuse

Kitten heels: All dressed up for a night on the town with the girls

Kitten heels: All dressed up for a night on the town with the girls

Purrfect pose: Take the picture quickly, I'm about to fall over

Purrfect pose: Take the picture quickly, I'm about to fall over

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