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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 03:35 PM Original message |
Cat Parasite Affects Everything We Feel and Do |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. I wonder if toxo makes them that way, or if they are that way and hence own cats? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. HIV studies involving Toxo have shown there is no correlation between |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. quick google shows me these: primarily by food, cats only if they hunt or eat raw meat. Interesting. |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. So if humans usually get it from food, the focus here shouldn't be on cats. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I agree, but then we are both probably those warm, outgoing and attentive to others people too |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. I'd like to think so. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Don't get me wrong. Cats are an essential component of the Toxo life cycle. |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. No doubt I've been infected since childhood. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Probably. And it's not important unless you become severely immunosuppressed. |
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Silver Swan (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #39 |
67. I always figured I contracted it that way |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
66. If they hadn't hunted cats down...wouldn't the Bubonic Plague been less severe? |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #32 |
60. Obviously, we need to stop eating raw cat... |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #60 |
71. Yet another reason why THIS is great advice: |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
57. My cat doesn't hunt, eat raw meat (none of my cats ever did) and I don't eat meat.. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. actually what you have to watch our for is undercooked hamburgers! |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Fascinating... |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. Victims of the parasite |
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vanboggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
50. ROFL! n/t |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
51. And cleaning up the hairballs is just SOOOO nasty. |
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Tumbulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. Now this is a wild one, huh? nt |
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konnichi wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. That isn't even mediocre satire... |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. It isn't satire |
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konnichi wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
47. I apoligize! I have heard of the disease but had absolutely no idea it could infect humans. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. yeah, my doctor read me the riot act on this when I was pregnant |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Good thing that's not what the author was shooting for there. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
35. Not satire at all - and you can't get rid of it once you have it |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. Ugh |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. You too?? |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. People that don't like cats were probably mice in another |
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Medusa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
55. I'm in. |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #55 |
62. That is not at all true with well-trained catties |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. It's how cats become our masters! |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. Whoah...the crusading conspiracy deniers should be all over this one, big time |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
59. What conspiracy? Are cats conspiring? |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. I definitely dated an infected guy back in college |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. . |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. lol |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. It's not the parasite, it's the cats that make humans feel guilty and insecure. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Guided by cats - mine psychically will me to scratch their bellies, the scoundrels |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
53. mine stares me down until I let him curl up in my armpit for the night. |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #53 |
68. People train dogs, and cats train people. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
14. i call BS |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
17. Well that must be why I dont like cats! |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
20. A bull shit extravaganza. n/t |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
21. Wasn't there also a story about the link between cats and schizophrenia? |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
22. I don't care if kitties carried brain-eating bugs, I need them in my life. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Auh, I know. Our kitters are a big part of our little family too |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
45. ... |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
63. Amen to that!! |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #63 |
77. ... |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
24. I resemble that remark. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. . |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
56. you need to animate this picture, with just a bit of an eye twitch |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
26. Interesting stuff. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
27. IS THIS A JOKE? See these 3 short nature clips before you scoff: |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
29. I think that the real point of the article isn't about cats one way or the other, |
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western mass (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
30. Yawn...correlation does not equal causality. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. although they did actually test part of the theory in rats |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
61. There are some warning signs aren't there, about the story? |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #30 |
72. Riiiight. Only people with certain personality traits get this virus. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
38. Clearly I don't have it then. |
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Sandrine for you (635 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
40. What happen if I eat my cat ... |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
43. Aha, I KNEW my cats were jealous of my boyfriend! |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
44. But, but, it must be true. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
46. I knew they were planning on killing me! |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
48. Reads like "The Onion". |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
49. Sounds like an alien plan to take over the planet..... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
54. Meh. |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #54 |
69. Awesome cat!!!! |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
58. Also - people being they way they are...a LOT of them will refuse to own cats |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
64. I love the picture they used for the cat overlord: |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
65. I knew it! |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
70. The general stuff like this is fascinating, and more than a little disturbing. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
73. Here is my worst photoshop job, ever. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
74. So that's why cat owners are that way. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
75. This thread is the Awesome. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
76. I responded to your post because the Cat Parasite made me. |
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elizfeelinggreat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
78. Any update since 2006? |
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