Dude, that stick is talking to me, man.

The folks at Big Cat Rescue are often asked if the big cats can get high on catnip like house cats do (they got my letters!).  They decided to test it out by putting handfuls of the sweet, sweet nip in crumpled brown bags and let the cats have at ‘em, while being filmed.  These cats are hiiiiiigh as hell.

Next time you find yourself face-to-face with a tiger, lion, leopard or jaguar, don’t run. Just drop a big bag of catnip at their feet, and watch ‘em get just as stoned as your house cat does. [TheAwesomer]

I will keep that in mind.  Why, just the other day I was in the supermarket and a lion asked me where the cereal aisle was, and I screamed gibberish and threw oranges at him until the police arrived.  If only I would have known a big bag of catnip could have saved me.  Also, it may not have been a lion.  It may have been a dude in a Lions jersey.  I was pretty high.  Speaking of high, (SEGUE OF THE CENTURY) here are some stoned big cats:


[inset pic via AnimalsOnDrugs]