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Everyone knows cats are an aloof species – but this is taking it to a spectacular new level.

While searching for her pet, the owner, Ms Wallace, popped her head in the door of her front room then carried on searching for 10 more minutes.

Some time later she returned to the room and, although there are plenty of great hiding places (two items of furniture, both with hidden nooks and crannies and one with closable doors, and two sets of curtains), the crafty cat had found a far more inventive spot.

HINT: The owner revealed on Reddit that the main reason she couldn’t locate her ‘asshole cat’ was that ‘he has bright yellow eyes but happened to be dozing when I did a scan of the room’.

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