--- title: Cats React to Magic Viral Video Inspired by Dogs React to Magic description: Meh-ow canonical: https://time.com/51864/watch-cats-react-to-magic-tricks-sort-of/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-08T12:00:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:34.534Z og:title: Watch Cats React To Magic Tricks og:description: Meh-ow og:url: https://time.com/51864/watch-cats-react-to-magic-tricks-sort-of/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Cats React To Magic Tricks twitter:description: Meh-ow twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Cats React To Magic Tricks...Sort Of by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 8, 2014 12:00 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 8, 2014 12:00 PM UTC Silly magicians, tricks are for dogs! In the 100% necessary follow-up to [Dogs Reacting to Magic](http://time.com/34887/viral-video-magician-confuses-dogs/), an intrepid magician tries his hand at impressing cats with his sleight-of-hand tricks. While the dogs were adorably mystified by the Case of the Disappearing Dog Treats, as it turns out cats just…aren’t that into magic. The magician consistently failed to get the felines interested in next-level prestidigitation, complex card tricks or the ability to make streamers erupt in a seemingly endless flow from his mouth. The most impressive trick the magician managed was to make his cat audience disappear. **MORE**: [Cute Hedgehog Becomes Even Cuter With a Series of New Faces](http://time.com/51168/twitter-hedgehog-faces-marutaro/) **MORE**: [9 Animals That Are On the Verge of Disappearing Forever](http://time.com/48810/threatened-animals-disappearing-forever/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/51864/watch-cats-react-to-magic-tricks-sort-of/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/51864/watch-cats-react-to-magic-tricks-sort-of/"},"headline":"Watch Cats React To Magic Tricks...Sort Of","datePublished":"2014-04-08T12:00:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:34.534Z","description":"Meh-ow","url":"https://time.com/51864/watch-cats-react-to-magic-tricks-sort-of/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral","cats","Viral Videos","magic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/51864/watch-cats-react-to-magic-tricks-sort-of/","name":"Watch Cats React To Magic Tricks...Sort Of"}}]}] ```