You got something stuck in your teeth

(Photos by the Petophile.)

The original kitty pornographer

I stumbled across what may be one of the first photographic kitty pornographers ever: Harry Pointer. He took posed and candid shots of his cats in the 1870s and included little captions on the photos. Check out his work.

Scurrying squirrel

"It's your world
and I'm just a squirrel,
Trying
to get a nut
to move
your butt
to the dance floor

So you what's up
hands in the air
come on
say yeah
Everybody over here
everybody
over there
The crowd is live enough
as I pursure this groove
Party
people
in
the
house
move

Left to right
(groove)
work me all night
Come on
let's sweat"

Thank you, C+C Music Factory, although I am not sure what "pursure" means. Perhaps a variant on "pursue,"  stlyrics.com? Come on, say yeah.

(Photo by the Petophile.)

Kitten's cuteness may cause dizziness

It's just a side effect of having to look at something so gross.

(Photo by the Petophile.)

Deck dog

This nasty beast doesn't like to skateboard.

But she's OK with chasing skateboards, and I'm OK with that.

(Photos by the Petophile.)

Cow!

In your face! With white eyelashes!

(Photo by the Petophile.)

Like American Apparel, but less skeezy

A quick review of the obvious: Kitty porn is pornographic in nature because it's obscenely cute. It is an explicit display of adorable animals, intended to stimulate warm and fuzzy feelings and often includes exclaiming "Aww!" after immediate viewing, like this little vomit primer above.

So being a petophile may be a little embarrassing (hello, cat ladies!), but it's innocent fun—unlike American Apparel ads, which this shot reminds me of, albeit tamer and without the acute creepiness. Even creepier, however, is the "vertically integrated" company's CEO, who looks like he's a director from a '70s porno ... at best.

More fur, less skeeze, please.

(Photo courtesy of the Petophile.)