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Un7n0wn t1_j86y017 wrote

Reply to comment by nononoy in TIFU by eating a wet french fry by nononoy

It's a common parasite carried by cats. It infects mice, then causes the mice to be attracted to the smell of cat pee. The mice loose their fear of cats and actively seek them out. Cats, naturally, don't pass up a free meal and eat the infected mice, getting infected themselves in the process. The good news is toxoplasmosis is only transmitted through cat feces and causes no harm to the cat or human that may be infected. It only makes rodents suicidaly attracted to cats and cat owners are less likely to be botherd by the smell of cat pee after being infected. There is a theory that the majority of cat owners are already infected and extreme cases combined with existing mental illnesses is what causes crazy cat ladies to be a thing.

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joos1986 t1_j87vyh7 wrote

> cat owners are less likely to be botherd by the smell of cat pee

This was all going kinda okay

but totally ended on nightmare fuel

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wtf. I need to read up on this.

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dommiichan t1_j88o1vm wrote

some studies indicate an uptick in schizophrenia and other mental disorders in people infected with t. gondii, but given that brain biopsies are the preferred diagnostic method, data is not easily gathered

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RUNdoneDIDit t1_j88ocjg wrote

Just add another reason I'll never have a cat and just stick to dogs. That's so fucked up

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TimmmboRS t1_j89fpjt wrote

On the flip side I've never owned a cat who has eaten a couch or everything in the refrigerator

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