In a world where surveillance cameras are the norm, it's hard not to feel like you're being watched. Judging by a recent TikTok video, cats can sense it too.

On July 12, Kassandra Di Cosola, 29, and her fiance were out drinking cocktails and they couldn't resist checking the pet camera to see what her feline friends were up to.They were shocked to find the cats staring into the camera, almost as if they knew they were being watched.

Di Cosola, from Toronto, Canada, told Newsweek: "I spy on my cats on a daily basis, I find it hilarious to see what they are doing when I'm not home."

The July 12 footage shared to @francoisthemainecoon has racked up 2 million views and shows Di Cosola, covering her mouth as she giggles, then revealing what's so funny. The video cuts to pet camera footage showing Louie, an 8-year-old tabby cat staring directly into the camera, soon joined by 9-month-old Francois, who investigates further by sticking his face into the lens.

The text layered over the video says, "When you spy on your cats with your pet camera and they know you're watching."

The clip shared to an account dedicated to Francois the Ginger Maine coon has received more than 408,000 likes, at the time of writing.

Speaking to Newsweek via email, she said: "The second we opened our camera app Louie was already staring at us, we were laughing hysterically."

She points out that it was the first time they stared into the camera but now she believes they are "catching on" and realizing that they are being watched.

"More recently when we spy on them I see them near the camera, or sleeping near the camera," she said.

Almost 900 users have commented on the video to write what they believe the cats are thinking.

"They said we see YOU too mom," said one user and another wrote, "Girl they like "Who you fooling?"

"Grey cat: come look at this we are being watched Orange cat: oh no she didn't."

According to a nationwide study of pet owners, 44 percent of 1,000 U.S. cat and/or dog owners take a peek at their pet(s) four or more times a day. The 2019 survey conducted by Wakefield Research on the behalf of Comcast, a telecommunications company, also found that 94 percent described looking at their pet camera as the highlight of their day.

Di Cosola told Newsweek what motivated her to buy a camera. She said: "We had another cat before Francois. His name was Pierre and he sadly passed away at a very young age, he was having seizures and we had no idea that was happening because they were occurring when we weren't home. So we bought this camera to give us reassurance that the cats are okay."

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