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## Samantha Grossman


Feb 23, 2016 4:41 PM UTC

by 

[Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/)


## Samantha Grossman


Feb 23, 2016 4:41 PM UTC

Look, there are tons of cats on social media. After all, the Internet is [made of cats](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi8VTeDHjcM). But we may have just identified the most gorgeous, stunning feline of all.

He’s a British Shorthair named Coby. He’s got fluffy, snow-white fur and perfect, pointy little cat ears. But his most striking feature? His piercing blue eyes. Behold:

Look at this magnificent creature:

These eyes:

Coby’s built up a decent following [on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/cobythecat/), but it’s time for the entire world to bask in his feline glory. Coby’s owner, Rebecca Schefkind, wrote [on her blog](http://rebeccaschefkind.com/coby-the-cat/) that she initially started his account as a joke.

“After 150k followers as well as free food and supplies from sponsors, I started to take it slightly more seriously,” she wrote. “Slash I went full on crazy cat lady.”


Schefkind [told](http://mashable.com/2016/02/23/blue-eyed-cat/) _Mashable_ that Coby is about to turn one. She also reminisced about the first time she met him.

“I fell in love with his blue eyes and fluffy white coat,” she said. “He fell asleep in my arms and the rest is history.”

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