Cat Learns to Open Cabinet and Disaster Ensues: 'I Have Seen Hell'

A video of a cat that turned a kitchen into hell after he upended a bottle of syrup has gone viral on TikTok.

The clip was posted on October 15 by @arcturus_the_cat and has received over 771,000 views at the time of writing.

It's not surprising that the feline in the latest clip managed to open the cabinet and access the syrup because cats are intelligent beings. In a December 2017 study published in Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, felines were found to have 250 million neurons (nerve cells that send messages across the body) in their cerebral cortex. This is the part of the brain involved in various higher-level processes, such as thought, association and memory.

A quarter-of-a-million neurons was about the same number discovered in a brown bear, whose cerebral cortex is around 10 times greater in mass than that of a cat, according to the study.

Cats are even able to learn the names of other felines, according to a Japanese study published in April 2022 in the peer-reviewed journal Scientific Reports.

The findings, which observed household cats and those belonging to cat cafés where many felines live together, showed that the animals learn the names of their "friend cats" in their daily lives.

The study found that "cats expect a specific face upon hearing the specific name of a companion" through the "spontaneous learning of relationships between names and faces in their everyday experiences, similar to what human children do."

A message overlaid on the viral video reads: "Tursi has learned out to open cabinets. He found the pumpkin spice syrup and upended it (the lid was loose)."

A caption shared with the post adds: "WHO GAVE HIM THE BRAINCELL? It was not his turn."

Another message later reads, "I have seen hell and it is a kitchen (and cat) flooded with pumpkin spice," as the clip ends.

'Smells Like a Pumpkin Spice Latte Threw Up on Him'

The footage in the viral clip shows liquid being wiped off a shelf area and a trail of it along what appears to be a wood floor.

A message overlaid on the clip reads that the cat "proceeded to bathe in" the syrup. "I cannot express how crunchy my baby boy was," a note adds as the cat is seen looking wet on a kitchen counter, rubbing himself with his paw.

"I felt so bad but baby wipes weren't cutting it," another message reads. The clip shows a woman attempting to get the cat into a bathtub, while the feline keeps wriggling out of her hands to climb out.

"He got treats and cuddles after. He still smells like a pumpkin spice latte threw up on him," the message adds.

Several TikTok users were in stitches over the cat's antics in the viral video.

Epsilon commented: "ginger boy was getting into the Halloween spirit!"

Kathleen wrote: "He's like 'Mom!!! Pumpkin spice is my *aEsTheTic*! It's spooky season, I'm a cat! Come onnnnnn'."

User ms.chikkenscratch simply added, "Pumpkin Spice Cat-puccino," to which the original poster replied: "Limited time only!"

MikanKitsune94 posted: "A pumpkin pie cat now smells like pumpkin pie. It'd like scratch and sniff, but fluffy and full of attitude."

Newsweek has contacted the original poster for comment via TikTok. This video has not been independently verified.

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