A Japanese cat, called Mirko, won Internet fame by its ballet art, reports Gazeta referring to the Daily Mail. The newspaper reports that the new hero of the social networks sends a challenges to the gravity law. Usually cats become popular in the Internet for their tender looks  or funny gestures, but Mirko’s cause of popularity was its spectacular mastery of ballet, reports the news agency.

There are nearly 40 thousand followers of Mirko in Twitter. The cat regularly demonstrates plies, pirouettes, and other dancing postures to its fans.  However, the owner of the star says that in fact the "ballet" photos were taken at a favorable time as a result of lots of trainings and mistakes.