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Gallery: What's Up With That: Why Do Cats Love Boxes So Much?

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    <a href="https://flic.kr/p/a17gEs">Ehsan/flickr</a> | <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">CC BY-NC-ND 2.0</a> (used with permission)
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    Captain Stripeypants in a box.
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    <a href="https://flic.kr/p/665LR3">rawdonfox/flickr</a> | <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a>
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    Cat in a puzzle box.
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    <a href="https://flic.kr/p/htcYfC">Adriano Makoto Suzuki/Flickr</a> | <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a>
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    Nicholas III in a box.
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    <a href="https://flic.kr/p/gSoFH">Eugene Yong/Flickr</a> | <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>
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    Cat in a Kleenex box.
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    <a href="https://flic.kr/p/6S2j5f">Stephen Woods/flickr</a> | <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a>
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    Cat in an Amazon box.
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    <a href="https://flic.kr/p/qpzW7R">mxmstryo/flickr</a> | <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a>
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    Cat in a Nike box.
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    <a href="https://flic.kr/p/V63ft">Michelle Tribe/Flickr</a> | <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a>
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    Cat in a Coke Zero box.
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    <a href="https://flic.kr/p/nBzE6V">Finn Frode/flickr</a> | <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">CC BY-NC-SA 2.0</a> (used with permission)
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    catinbox-milly-by-finn-frode

    Milly in a box.
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    <a href="https://flic.kr/p/dyWe1V">Helen Haden/flickr</a> | <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">CC BY-NC 2.0</a> (used with permission)
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    Cally in a box.
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    <a href="https://flic.kr/p/7CLBdM">Jessica Peacock/flickr</a> | <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/">CC BY-ND 2.0</a>
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    Poppy in a Peroni box.
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    <a href="https://flic.kr/p/xQjcA">tirednyc/flickr</a> | <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/">CC BY-ND 2.0</a>
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    Pepper in a box.
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    <a href="https://flic.kr/p/9rXWDg">megankhines/Flickr</a> | <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>
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    Cat in a Scattergories box.
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    Christina Bonnington/WIRED
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    Leeloo in a box.
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    <a href="https://flic.kr/p/75hz35">Nicola Romagna/Flickr</a> | <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a>
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    Zanzibar in a box.
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    <a href="https://flic.kr/p/dExvuS">jacme31/flickr</a> | <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>
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    catinbox-simba-by-jacme31

    Simba in a box.
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    <a href="https://flic.kr/p/anWcbR">Jon-Eric Melsæter/flickr</a> | <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/">CC BY-ND 2.0</a>
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    catinbox-shoebox-by-mel-nd

    Cat in a shoebox.
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    <a href="http://www.evilmadscientist.com/2007/computing-the-volume-of-a-cat/">Windell Ostkay</a>/<a href="https://flic.kr/p/2aatJv">Flickr</a> | <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a>
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    Cat in a box.
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