YouTube, created in 2005 by three former Pay Pal employees and purchased by Google in 2006, has made the average Joe a film star, screen writer, director or all three. Alexa Internet, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon, providesweb traffic data, “ranks YouTube as the third most visited website on the Internet, behind Google and Facebook,” as of March 2010.
The site, [as of January 9, 2012] had 800 million unique users a month.What videos are the most popular? Hard to say, but I am sure those awesome pet videos3 are high on the list. Let’s check some out, shall we?
Trending Pet Videos
It’s hard to pick and choose, because there are so many, but these are a start.
Mutant Giant Spider Dog
This one even made it on The Today Show on September 5th. In the video, created by a Polish prank artist, the prankster dresses his dog in a giant spider costume and lays in wait for some poor, unsuspecting person to come along and play a starring role in his YouTube video. One part involves an elevator and two unsuspecting young ladies; another involves a giant “spider” web and a very panicked guy just minding his own business. The video has surpassed three million views.
Tiny Hamster vs. Kobayashi
In this video (posted by HelloDenizen), an adorable hamster is pitted against Takeru Kobayashi, world champion eater with many hotdog (and other food) eating contest wins under his belt. In this contest, Kobayashi takes on what might be his toughest opponent, a…hamster? The food of choice is hotdogs. No hamsters were harmed in the making of this video. Kobayashi has real hotdogs; the hamster has hamster food that looks like hotdogs. It’s a fight to the finish; who will reign supreme? See for yourself.
And last, but certainly not least, Babies Laughing at Cats, because baby laughs are one of the greatest things in world!
Cats do some funny stuff and these babies think so, too. This video shows cats playing like cats do and babies playing with cats and cat toys. Enjoy! I dare you not to smile when you see this.
I hope these inspire you to make and upload your own funny pet videos to YouTube. You never know what hilarious things pets are going to do next. They get up to a lot of mischief and sometimes it’s pretty hilarious, but maybe not to you (because you have to clean it up), so you might as well redeem some of the mischief. Maybe your pet video will be the next to land on The Today Show or Huffington Post’s must-see clips. Will you and Fido be the next viral video? We can’t wait to see it!