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Deadly Cat Poop, Pay Attention CL
October 17, 2016 at 6:56 pm
More Halloween goodies? Nuggets?
"Federal researchers believe feces from the legions of stray cats roaming Hawaii is spreading a disease that is killing Hawaiian monk seals"
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_KILLER_CAT_POOP_HIOL-?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-10-17-12-53-59
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RE: Deadly Cat Poop, Pay Attention CL
October 17, 2016 at 7:47 pm
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From an ear on the voice of the local Big Island Hawaiian culture "Fuck those non-native seals and those fucking cats. Shoot 'em both."
Surely Toxoplasma Gondii is not communicable to humans and this article is not overlooking a far more urgent public health crisis. 
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RE: Deadly Cat Poop, Pay Attention CL
October 17, 2016 at 7:54 pm
I don't have an anger problem, I have an idiot problem.
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RE: Deadly Cat Poop, Pay Attention CL
October 17, 2016 at 8:11 pm
(October 17, 2016 at 7:54 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: My personal favorite.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3515034/
Good one! Here's another: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1690701/
We tested the hypothesis that the parasite Toxoplasma gondii manipulates the behaviour of its intermediate rat host in order to increase its chance of being predated by cats, its feline definitive host, thereby ensuring the completion of its life cycle. Here we report that, although rats have evolved anti-predator avoidance of areas with signs of cat presence, T. gondii's manipulation appears to alter the rat's perception of cat predation risk, in some cases turning their innate aversion into an imprudent attraction. The selectivity of such behavioural changes suggests that this ubiquitous parasite subtly alters the brain of its intermediate host to enhance predation rate whilst leaving other behavioural categories and general health intact.
But this is my all time favorite in the area of parasitic colonization and take over of host behavior.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8
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October 17, 2016 at 8:19 pm
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Fucked up the post.
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RE: Deadly Cat Poop, Pay Attention CL
October 17, 2016 at 8:34 pm
(October 17, 2016 at 6:56 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: More Halloween goodies? Nuggets?
"Federal researchers believe feces from the legions of stray cats roaming Hawaii is spreading a disease that is killing Hawaiian monk seals"
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_KILLER_CAT_POOP_HIOL-?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-10-17-12-53-59
Oh wow. I feel bad for the seals.... and I feel bad for the cats who are probably going to be captured and killed by the city. 
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RE: Deadly Cat Poop, Pay Attention CL
October 17, 2016 at 8:38 pm
Is this related to those scary-clowns-lurking-in-the-woods stories?
Maybe put a clown face on that pooping kitty GIF, Min. That'll get people riled up. 
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October 17, 2016 at 8:44 pm
(October 17, 2016 at 8:19 pm)Minimalist Wrote: ![[Image: cat-shit-o.gif]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=stream1.gifsoup.com%2Fview7%2F2737143%2Fcat-shit-o.gif)
Yeah, for every one of those there's a thousand of these:
![[Image: Cat_In_Toilet856.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.hahastop.com%2Fpictures%2FCat_In_Toilet856.jpg)
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RE: Deadly Cat Poop, Pay Attention CL
October 17, 2016 at 8:48 pm
(October 17, 2016 at 8:34 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: (October 17, 2016 at 6:56 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: More Halloween goodies? Nuggets?
"Federal researchers believe feces from the legions of stray cats roaming Hawaii is spreading a disease that is killing Hawaiian monk seals"
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_KILLER_CAT_POOP_HIOL-?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-10-17-12-53-59
Oh wow. I feel bad for the seals.... and I feel bad for the cats who are probably going to be captured and killed by the city.
I feel worse for all the native birds and geckos that are killed for sport by a pet animal that carries and spreads a behavior altering, brain infesting parasite.
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