A Texas cougar named Cassie inspired Vine’s cutest viral trend. These 50 felines prove that when cats #TryNotToSqueak and fail, everybody wins.
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Vine's cutest trend, #TryNotToSqueak, can trace its origins to a cougar named Cassie, a chatty resident of the Center for Animal Research and Education.
It all started Feb. 11, when CARE's Derek Krahn — better known to 320,000 Vine followers as BigCatDerek — approached Cassie with a simple premise: Try to get through six seconds of filming without uttering anything. Even before Krahn could issue the challenge, Cassie failed adorably, and the rest is history. Two weeks later, Krahn set the three #TryNotToSqueak parameters: Request a lack of squeaks, watch said request fail, and express disappointment. Cassie seemed to revel in playing the spoiler, over and over again, until early May, when, according to Krahn, she went on #SqueakStrike, meaning she'd offer no public squeaks until CARE raised $5,000 for a new welcome center for its facility in Bridgeport, Texas. The strike ended May 27, when the money was raised, and all squeaks were unleashed.
In the meantime, hundreds of other cats joined Cassie in defying their owners (as if this were a new thing). Including Cassie's squeak heard 'round the world, here are 50 of the cutest and funniest #TryNotToSqueak fails.
vine.co / Via BigCatDerek
The Justin Bieber Fan
If "OMG" were a meow.
Vine
The Squeak Toy
Extreme close-up! Whoaaaaaaa!
Vine
The Classroom Bell
Fourth period has ended.
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