--- title: Cats Feed Themselves Using Rube Goldberg Machine on Twitter description: A group of cats discover that setting a Rube Goldberg machine off leads them on an exciting journey towards getting fed. canonical: https://time.com/5806556/cats-rube-goldberg/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-03-19T17:05:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:23.965Z og:title: The Saga of Curious Cats Being Fed by a Rube Goldberg Machine Is Truly an Adventure og:description: "I promise this will make you smile." What follows is truly an adventure og:url: https://time.com/5806556/cats-rube-goldberg/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc24ffa2f2f2277a2/698a0bbedb29873c842651c2/RubeGoldberg.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Rube Goldberg Machine og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Saga of Curious Cats Being Fed by a Rube Goldberg Machine Is Truly an Adventure twitter:description: "I promise this will make you smile." What follows is truly an adventure twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc24ffa2f2f2277a2/698a0bbedb29873c842651c2/RubeGoldberg.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Is the Saga of Multiple Curious Cats Getting Fed Supper By an Elaborate Rube Goldberg Machine  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 19, 2020 5:05 PM UTC  Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 19, 2020 5:05 PM UTC There’s a lot [going on in the world](https://time.com/5805894/coronavirus-charts/) right now, but if you’re looking for a sight that should only bring joy and delight to your eyes, look no further than this delightful clip of a gang of [curious cats](https://time.com/5804653/cat-unhappy/) who play with an elaborate [Rube Goldberg machine](https://time.com/5758038/rube-goldberg-video/) in order to get their supper. In a nearly 3-minute clip shared online by Twitter user @ziyatong, multiple cats can be seen batting at and perusing the intricate setup, which includes a marble slide, dominos, and spinning wheels, all of which lead to their dinner being dispensed. In the caption accompanying the video clip, @ziyatong assures her followers that taking the time to view it is well worth it: “I promise this will make you smile.” Dinner and a show is always a great deal and that looks like what’s on the menu for these kitties. Watch the full hilarious clip of cats getting fed using the Rube Goldberg machine below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5806556/cats-rube-goldberg/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5806556/cats-rube-goldberg/"},"headline":"This Is the Saga of Multiple Curious Cats Getting Fed Supper By an Elaborate Rube Goldberg Machine","datePublished":"2020-03-19T17:05:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:23.965Z","description":"Truly an adventure","url":"https://time.com/5806556/cats-rube-goldberg/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Brief"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc24ffa2f2f2277a2/698a0bbedb29873c842651c2/RubeGoldberg.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc24ffa2f2f2277a2/698a0bbedb29873c842651c2/RubeGoldberg.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Rube Goldberg Machine","caption":"Rube Goldberg Machine","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/5806556/cats-rube-goldberg/","name":"This Is the Saga of Multiple Curious Cats Getting Fed Supper By an Elaborate Rube Goldberg Machine"}}]}] ```