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January 6, 2009
!!i can has rat frenz?!
But wait, there is speculation as well:
The parasite Toxoplasma infects many species (including an estimated 60 million people in the US), but it can only undergo sexual reproduction in cat digestive tracts. Evolutionarily speaking, this means toxo's survival depends 100% on its host being eaten by a cat...So toxo has evolved a complicated system for taking over its hosts' brains to increase the likelihood that they'll be eaten by cats (for example: it rewires rat brains so they're actually attracted to the smell of cat urine). Knowing this, I ask you: Is this rat just friends with this cat? Or is it actually in a toxo induced frenzy and trying to get eaten? If so, then this video is an example of a cat kicking toxo's ass.Culture Dish (via Slog)
