We found out why cats do this and collated some of our favorite blep moments.

the perlitic structure of certain rocks

Tremendous magmic pressure built up beneath the earth, causing a volcanic eruption.

3 In 2001 in Hsinwu Township, Taoyuan County, two local politicians were caught trying to make money as unlicensed waste handlers. They collected toxic soil for a fee, claiming to be capable of disposing of it safely, but instead dumped it on farms and a river bank in Hsinwu, polluting the farms and river, and physically threatened people who planned to report them to authorities.