If you've spent hours patiently trying to teach your puss to perform tricks then the latest online pet craze could be one for you.

Cat Circles, where cats are drawn to a makeshift circle, sit down in the middle of it and then refuse to move, are being recreated all over the world by plain old moggies who seemingly can't pass by a circle without being irresistibly drawn to it.

Hundreds of web users, mainly on Reddit and Imgur, are posting pictures of their successful feats, while vets and pet psychologists remain stumped.

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Photographs by cat lover and photographer guermike show fellow feline fans how to create their own Cat Circle trick at home

Web users around the world have been overjoyed to learn that their disobedient and untrainable cats can actually do 'tricks' - even if it only involves utilising an 'instinct' for sitting in one specific space.

A couple of weeks ago, Reddit user admancb started the trend with a post to r/aww titled 'Trick your cat with a circle.'

Now, gorgeous photographs by cat lover and photographer guermike show exactly how you can try it out at home, step by step.

Vets are perplexed. No study has truly explained why cats are drawn to circles. But some are willing to give their twopence on the matter.

First: Create your 'trap' also known as a circular shape on the floor

Next: Wait and watch your cat observe the circle and then climb in on their own terms

Finally: Hang out with your cat while it stays in the circle for as long as it feels like

Petplan's resident vet, Brian Faulkner, says he has no evidence to confirm that there is a specific psychological reason for this.

However his theory goes: 'Cats do like boundaries compared to dogs and psychologically feel comfortable when they can see their "place".'

Ashley Gray is an MA Vet and he is also managing director at Vetsure. He provided a very interesting comment:

'One aspect of feline behaviour that might contribute to this is that cats are naturally inquisitive creatures - you've heard the expression curiosity killed the cat of course.

That's a very interesting circle but how about ME?

'The act of drawing out a circle in front of your cat is very likely to simulate intrigue. Translation: "What ARE you doing?"

'Cat owners often also report that their cats frequently crave their attention on their own terms, at certain specific times of the day when they want it and particularly when the owner is not giving them adequate attention. Translation: "That's a very interesting circle but how about ME?"

'Finally, cats do look for areas to make their own to give them security - such places may be where they choose to sleep or simply be 'along the way' on a route that they often take. They will mark such places by rubbing and clawing. A circle may fulfil this role in the same way that owners for years have reported cats sitting on the mat on the threshold of a doorway. Translation: "This spot is mine and I'm just going to take in my surroundings for 5 minutes before going to my next spot".'

All sorts of materials can do the trick - by WHY do they do this?

Head of cats at Animal Charity Wood Green, Juliette Jones, is a cat behaviourist and consultant.

She has provided a comment based on her knowledge of cat behaviour and evolution rather than empirical evidence.

'One very generalised assumption you could make to explain this type of behaviour could be that it's driven by a cat's need to hide,' she tells MailOnline.

'If you draw a circle in an otherwise fairly barren environment, it will give the cat a form of a perceived barrier around them, which will make them feel safer than if they were sitting on a vast expanse of floor.

'However, this type of behaviour needs to be scientifically studied, in a controlled environment, to see if the majority of cats would behave this way.'

Perhaps it's time academics study the cats in a circle quirk.

But it seems while scientists focus on other matters it's the cat lovers of the web who are taking it upon themselves to collectively perform a research on cat behavioral psychology using low-tech traps on their feline friends.

All of us, and our cats, can join in. Can you create your own cat circle? Remember - it's down to the cat's own free will. And if you master the 'trap' - how long before your cat moves?

Cats psychologically feel comfortable when they can see their 'place', and are inquisitive creatures by nature

Cat lovers of the web are taking it upon themselves to perform research on cat behavioural psychology

'If you create a circle in an otherwise fairly barren environment, it will give the cat a form of a perceived barrier around them, which will make them feel safer,' says Juliette Jones, a cat behaviourist and consultant

The phenomenon has seen hundreds of web users post pictures of their successful feats

No study has truly explained why cats are drawn to circles. But some are willing to give their two pence