The Jaguars and Panthers Got Into a Bizarre, Yet Adorable, Twitter Beef About Cats

In honor of Earth Day. It'll make sense if you read it.

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Today is Earth Day. And, like every holiday, you're sure to see your fair share of tie-ins from corporate twitter.

For instance, the Jacksonville Jaguars used the opportunity to give us all a fact I didn't bother to double-check about the source of their team name, and also to remind the world that they still exist. You can see it above. It adds no real value to your life. But it's good to know.

However, some just can't let others have their moment. And, as you can also see, the Carolina Panthers tried to steal their 5-11 feline adversary's thunder:

.@Jaguars Not always though pic.twitter.com/ybpycrYXGO

— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) April 22, 2016

Thankfully Jaguars twitter was having none of it, as whoever's running it is much more educated on the world of big cats, and responded with this GIF:

.@Panthers, you realize the black panther is technically not even its own species. pic.twitter.com/p0ZyOblmDY

— Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) April 22, 2016

The Panthers, ever the pros that they are, were able to play off like they knew that, and sold it nicely in keeping with the theme:

.@Jaguars You know we were just kitten around, right? pic.twitter.com/uCUp8Xxohd

— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) April 22, 2016

And then you got this:

.@Panthers all good. pic.twitter.com/qjxKGypmc8

— Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) April 22, 2016

And this:

.@Jaguars Things got a little catty there for a second pic.twitter.com/bobC7Pln24

— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) April 22, 2016

And, though you probably clicked 'x' on this page long ago, this:

.@Panthers @Lions brb. Looking for more cat puns. pic.twitter.com/RcoGdyTR2n

— Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) April 22, 2016

Even the Lions jumped in because, like nearly every postseason, they were feeling left out:

.@Panthers @Jaguars We're feline a bit left out pic.twitter.com/KAeGEzxBAk

— Detroit Lions (@Lions) April 22, 2016

It went on for awhile (I think it's still going, actually). Anyway I feel like you get the gist by now. If you're still looking for cats puns there's a lot of novelty mugs on Amazon to browse through, also what is wrong with you?:

@JordanHeckFF @Jaguars We should probably stop right meow

— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) April 22, 2016

The most positive thing is that it brings awareness to what the day is truly about which is cats I think.

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[via @Jaguars, @Panthers]

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