# Bonsai Kittens... Real or Hoax?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonsai-kittens-real-or-hoax/239728>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 13, 2004, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonsai-kittens-real-or-hoax/239728 "2004-04-13T04:39:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![therez\_no\_spider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce7236/32.png) [@therez\_no\_spider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/therez_no_spider)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonsai-kittens-real-or-hoax/239728/1 "2004-04-13T04:39:44Z")

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I was recently guided to the [Bansai Kitten Homepage](http://www.bonsaikitten.com) and was wondering if this is for real or not, because the pictures look quite fake, and the idea alone is quite disturbing!

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**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonsai-kittens-real-or-hoax/239728/2 "2004-04-13T04:40:52Z")

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It’s a hoax.

> **[Are 'Bonsai Kittens' Real?](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bonsai-kittens/)**
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> Does a website provide information and equipment for making 'bonsai kittens'?

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**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonsai-kittens-real-or-hoax/239728/3 "2004-04-13T04:41:16Z")

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[Hoax](http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/bonsai.htm).

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonsai-kittens-real-or-hoax/239728/4 "2004-04-13T04:44:17Z")

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Welcome to the Dope. If you stick around here, you’ll often hear the cry: Snopes is your friend.

Bookmarking it is a great idea.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonsai-kittens-real-or-hoax/239728/5 "2004-04-13T04:53:05Z")

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[Museum of Hoaxes](http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoaxsites.html) is an even better friend.

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**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonsai-kittens-real-or-hoax/239728/6 "2004-04-13T05:53:50Z")

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You didn’t try to order takeout from [Manbeef.com](http://Manbeef.com), did you?

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**Author:** ![Mathochist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Mathochist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathochist)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonsai-kittens-real-or-hoax/239728/7 "2004-04-13T06:01:37Z")

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> [@therez\_no\_spider](#):
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> I was recently guided to the [Bansai Kitten Homepage](http://www.bonsaikitten.com) and was wondering if this is for real or not, because the pictures look quite fake, and the idea alone is quite disturbing!

It’s a hoax, and honey, if you’re disturbed by people even getting the idea to hoax it you’d better cancel your ISP subscription now.