Cats are living a golden age thanks to the internet and social networks. Many of them even have their own Instagram accounts. One of them is Pisco, a cat that triumphs because of its resemblance to Puss in Boots from the Dreamworks factory, made famous in the movie Shrek.
Pisco is a cat of the breed british shorthair who became famous when his owner opened an Instagram account dedicated to him in 2018. He now has more than 615 thousand followers.
It also has about 41,000 followers on another popular social network, TikTok, where its owner shares short videos of Pisco trying on costumes or just sleeping.
Pisco, who lives in New York, not only has a large following, but has signed numerous endorsement deals and it is the image of brands such as Petsin, Petsafe, as well as the hotelsdotcom website.
The basis of Pisco’s popularity is its huge eyes with dilated pupils, like those in the famous scene of Puss in Boots in the second part of Shrek. The character became so popular that got to have his own movie.
His owner explains that he was not always so adorable: “He was very scared and did not want us to hug him or touch him at all. But every day we showed him that he was okay and that we did not force him to hug him or grab him. Soon he became much more. confident and began to get curious. Now he’s a super teddy bear and he loves to cuddle, “he says.
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