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Bonsai Kitten – Tales From the Internet

Whang! | April 28, 2026



Bonsai Kitten was one of the first Internet hoaxes in which its creators got in way over their heads, ultimately leading to FBI involvement.

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  1. @JesseDanLee

    April 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm

    People's desire for attention, even anonymously, never ceases to amaze me. The person who made up the details about the probe and chemicals is worse than the kid who made the original post

  2. @LP0FireBird0LP

    April 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm

    I would occasionally remember Bonsai Kittens and supress the memory because it plays into my claustrophobia and the horror of this idea has stuck with me until this day and i honestly think i could handle small spaces better if it weren't for Bonsai Kittens.. i remembered it again. Now I'm 33, its 3am, I'm depressed as shit and wanted to see something fucked up to feel something so I googled it. It isnt real..?!
    Life is a toilet and i am shit.
    Is the concept not plausible?
    Surely some sick whackjob has been inspired by this meme.

    I havent watched this video yet..

  3. @ad0xa

    April 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm

    This is weird. I remember this but as a swedish site. And the text and pictures wasn't like shown here. The text didn't say the same thing as here either it didn't talk so much about bonsai trees and stuff… and I wasn't that good at english at that time so it had to be in swedish? I remember the site being spread and even making it to newspaper bc ppl were so concerned that some freak did this for real.
    I especially remember that it said you could NOT take the cat out of the bottle. And the parody was more about wanting a cat that sat in one place like a plant, not just to have it stay small.
    I remember how the site looked and it was not like this. It was more basic old-school internet looking. Like a white background and just unformatted text and some pictures that looked more like bad quality… Not a square jar. I especially remember a white cat and a regular brown striped. They were not kittens. It had different types of cats on it I think.

    I wonder if that site was a copycat version or the original. It looked more old but it could be lazyness too XD
    This must've been some time between 2000 and 2003.

  4. @bleachnbones7107

    April 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm

    So interesting to see how so many people got enraged to this point by a very clearly fake site when selective breeding is literally that but done in a longer timeframe. You don't physically modify a single animal like you would do with plants (with the exception of tail/ear cropping and other shit like that) but you "shape" them over generations to make them more aesthetically pleasing to some, even if it means that you'll eventually produce highly deformed individuals with a ton of health issues. You are looking at brachycephaly-related respiratory problems, bent and deformed limbs, joint issues and dysplasia, skin-fold dermatitis, spinal issues, etc every day when you're walking down the street but that's ok because it's not as striking as a kitten in a bottle apparently

  5. @PeterProblems

    April 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm

    OMG my cat just had kitties and I totally am laughing my @$$ off right now and really wanted to see if the bounce I mean they probably would bounce if I threw it hard enough PS I love cats and would never ever ever hurt one but I think it's extremely funny thinking about some dumb fu(k trying to bounce a kitty 🤣 people are soo stupid I just picture some dumb @$$ kid trying to bounce a kitty hahaha I sh it you not I'm laughing so hard

  6. @WastedTalent-

    April 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm

    I worked at a pet store when the Bonsai Kittens site started. I thought it was hysterical so I took some betta bowls and stuffed plush cats into them with $30 price tags and a sign, "Bonsai Kittens!" No shit, I sold 3 of them that day. I knew people were stupid because a few months before, I sold bags of water as "Invisible Fish" for $5 each (and yes, I wrote, in small print on the sign "Gag Gift. No Real Fish In The Bags). That came about after discussing the 70's and Pet Rocks and how gullible people are with a co-worker.

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