A quick glance at the phone–and we’re already lost in a flood of animal videos. They make us laugh, sigh, and sometimes even bring us to tears. But not everything we see is as harmless as it seems.

Cat memes are one of the reasons I sometimes keep scrolling on my phone way past my bed time. Even if you’re not a cat person, there’s a good chance you’ve laughed, cringed, or wholeheartedly related ...