Furry avatars of doom

This is “Die Katzensymphonie” (The Cat Symphony), by Austrian painter, Moritz von Schwind (01/21/1804 - 02/08/1871).

It is an unplayable violin melody, with the cats representing notes. Some have theorized that it is supposed to be poking fun at Wagner, whose music Schwind was not a fan of.

The drawing was made in 1868, using the mediums of pencil, pen, and brush. It was gifted to violinist, Joseph Joachim, in honor of his appointment as director of the Berlin University of Music. It now is part of a collection at the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe in Germany.

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number two: yellow Alert
YELLOW ALERT - YELLOW ALERT - YELLOW ALERT
Number two to Number three: Capturer that Cat ! we need Information...
Number three: Sir but..
Number Two: DO WHAT I ORDER !

Day later Number two was removed from Village
Number three re-designated number two
on order of Number one...
 
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Harking back to that acrylic screen-riser over lap-top's keyboard: if you hunt around on-line, there's a wider version which will bridge a full Qwerty + arrows etc + NumPad.

As I'm using, and for exactly same reason...

Also, I've found cats have no problem persecuting mice or 'mice', wired or otherwise, but generally shun (*) wired track-balls...

*) Until you pop out ball to clean away accumulated cat-hair etc. Then, they pounce...
 
Fun fact: he's the one with the nuclear codes.

Britain's true ruler? Larry, the Downing Street cat | AFP​

There has been one figure of stability in the last 14 years of political turmoil in the UK -- Larry, the Downing Street cat and Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. The ageing tabby could be in line for his sixth prime minister after the UK votes in a general election on July 4, with opinion polls suggesting that he will oversee his first from the Labour Party.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLYdZHRwPmo
 
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Michel Van said:
only mice ?
nothing bigger ?

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Bites to the back of the head are a tactic of cats.

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