Cats!
Posted on 02/10/2012 3:28:07 PM PST by Mike Darancette
Jaroslav Flegr is no kook. And yet, for years, he suspected his mind had been taken over by parasites that had invaded his brain. So the prolific biologist took his science-fiction hunch into the lab. What he’s now discovering will startle you. Could tiny organisms carried by house cats be creeping into our brains, causing everything from car wrecks to schizophrenia? A biologist’s science- fiction hunch is gaining credence and shaping the emerging science of mind- controlling parasites.
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
I’ve been here in the Czech Republic for going on 11 years now......well, I was in Germany for 18 months. I like it here. The Philippines seems like a good place to live as well; I’ve looked into it.
As for me, no cats. Goldfish.
Hopefully, they won’t take over my brain.
The writer William Faulkner liked to claim the Chinese believed that “cats used to rule the world, until they realized how foolish it all was and turned it over to humans, which is why they look at us the way they do.”
Interesting article. Loved the comments:
Bart_Savagewood:
The author makes it quite clear in the first few paragraphs that this is not settled science and is still highly controversial and warrants further study.
Rather than being anti-pet, my reading of the article can be summarized as thus: Poop contains a lot of pathogens - many of which we have little-to-no understanding of. Be careful when handling poop.
Arkitux in reply to Bart_Savagewood
Well, there goes that hobby.
You have absolutely NO idea of the mind control and human domination capabilities of large canines. I’m the adoptive dog father of an 85 lb. Pitador and a 95 lb. Great Dane. In spite of my inherent firmness in dealing with dogs, they dominate me and my household. Pray for me.
More like the reason the leftists act like the rats they are.
Cats!
My dogs have never pondered which is the cause and which as the result; they merely consider cats to be tasty snacks.
People are just finding out about this but cats have always known it to be true.
That is why they wait for you to go to sleep then wipe their butts on your tables, kitchen counters and all over your kitchen sinks.
Sometimes even on your face if they can get away with it.
They truly are vile creatures.
LOL!!!
They also produce a treat that is very attractive to dogs, so even they fall under the spell.
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