A video released last week entitled Best Kitty Hug Ever has already been viewed nearly 700,000 times. Of course an animated gif of the video was created shortly thereafter and has already been popular on sites like reddit and BuzzFeed.

As expected, the Internet has embraced the new cat, creating remixes and inside jokes, and basically taking on a life of its own. See below for the results to date.

[via radj1907]