![by RuBEN DaNCiNg BUS BOLLING THE ORIGIN oF SPEcIEs II On THE MEMETIc EvoLuTION oF LoLCATs, Or, ThE PreservATION oF FavoureD ByTES IN THE STRuGGLE FOR Luiz By CHARLES DARwIn, M.A Cats are the first organism to make the leap from genetic evolution to memetic. (See Fig. 1.) While genes replicate themselves physically within biological bodies, memes repli cate themselves culturally within human brains and hard drives (See Dawkins, R.) The feline shift to this form of evolution has led to an explosion of remarkable new adaptations and species LOL The domestic cat's first jump to memetic evolution was made by Lolcat s (Felis virtualus , or Felis virtualus audibalguffus), which gained the power of language, albeit with atrocious spelling. (See Fig. 2.) Lolcats' ecological niche appears to be North American [9 living rooms, and its diet chiefly consists of "cheezburgers [sic]" and "noms [??]." WUN MOR CHEEZBURGER PLEEZ The viral success of the Lolcat species spawned new adaptations that quickly took hold, although it is unknown how the memetic mutation that caused Breadcats (Felis virtualus territories, such as ceilings (Felis virtualus panus) has any adaptive advantage masturbatus, Fig. 4) and footwear (Felis whatsoever. (See Fig. 3.) OMG! 19. HAZSLICEP DSEEU IZ MY MEMETIC ADVANTA A NEW NICHE! Fig 3 Lolcat offshoot species began to invade nevw virtualus pedus, Fig. 5), &c. Other biological species have at tempted to make the leap to memetic |3 evolution (Fig. 6), but these short lived forays, while spectacular, have t been evolutionary dead ends Equus ebookus Canis dawgus radus Cynomys dramaticus NEXT CHAPTER: LMFAOCATS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/445/278/93d.jpg "93d.jpg")
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