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Old November 2nd 04, 07:03 PM
Robert Casey
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Be that as it may, did you see the cat in the Titan picture?
I believe it's still at the head of the list on the Cassini-Huygens
home page.

Anybody?

Sort of. Two of the triangular sub-regions are cat ears,
and the third the cat's nose. Which of the two end triangles
the nose is is up for debate. In any event, there's no real
cat there. It's just the human brain looking for familar
features in a strange area. We evolved to react to possible
predators hiding in trees, and a few false alarms are
preferred to missing a real predator. It's just a "isn't
that cute" soundbite of no consequence.