Meowtosis Memes

Cell division has never been this adorable! The feline version of mitosis shows a cat in prophase (just sitting there contemplating life choices), then suddenly collapsing into a furball during metaphase/anaphase (because energy conservation is important), and finally splitting into two identical kitties during telophase. If only my biology students could reproduce this efficiently—they'd just need to curl up and roll away from each other. Nature's way of saying "copy-paste" but with whiskers. Frankly, I wish human reproduction was this simple; would save us all from awkward conversations about "the birds and the bees."