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