Kitten Starts 'Speaking In Tongues' After Being Caught Red-Handed

A social media video that captures a kitten 'speaking in tongues' after being caught eating potatoes has left the internet in hysterics.

The viral video, which has been viewed more than 3.2 million times since it was first shared to TikTok on January 31, filmed Penny the cat getting caught red-handed while eating leftover morsels of potato from her owner's sink.

The female cat then let out a bizarre hiss, as if to warn her owner to back off and let her continue munching away at the spuds. Unstirred by her mischievous cat's serpentine hum, the owner simply laughed and called her "evil".

The unexpected meow led to plenty of laughter online with one user commenting "sounded like she was rewinding" while another wrote "the cackle I just cookled" in the post's comments section.

Viewers were shown the white cat perching on top of the kitchen worktop, while her head was planted firmly in the sink to be in good reach of the potatoes that had been left inside. The cat's owner, who goes by @amazydayzee on the platform, had shared in the post's comments section that they'd "covered everything in soap and rinsed the sink" but that it still "wasn't enough" to deter Penny's cravings.

"Caught Penny eating sink potatoes and she started speaking tongues," the cat's owner shared in the post.

The post had been captioned: "This kitten will start the apocalypse over potatoes."

What Do The Comments Say?

Since it was shared on the social media platform on January 31 by @amazydayzee, the TikTok post has been liked by over 520,000 users and commented on more than 900 times. Hundreds of TikTokers have voiced their amusement at the viral moment, and left their own funny takes on it, in the post's comments section.

"Animal crossing cat," one user wrote.

Another user joked: "She literally said, I'm not doing anything' seriously listen you can hear it."

"That wasn't tongues that was the animal crossing language," shared a third TikToker.

A different TikToker added: "I read this wrong and thought you had sneaky potatoes in your sink that eat pennies."

"My Ragdoll loves sink food. Why are they like this," another user commented.

The TikTok post can be seen here.

Newsweek reached out to @amazydayzee for more information via TikTok.

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