Mind Control Parasites ( do you have them?)

Yahoo ^ | 2/11/06 | Bill Christensen

[Constantine XIII]

An explanation for crazy old cat ladies?

[festus]

Eureaka. You've solved the riddle.

[Old Professer]

This from Ohio State University:

"Transmission of toxoplasmosis can occur via oocysts or bradyzoites. Since cat feces are the only source of oocysts, exposure to oocysts can be minimized, but not prevented completely. The oocysts are very resistant to adverse environmental conditions, and oocysts in garden soil, sand boxes, etc., can remain infective for months (perhaps years in warmer climates). Infections via bradyzoites occur when raw or undercooked meat is eaten. House cats can be infected this way when they eat rodents and birds. Humans can be infected when they eat raw or undercooked meat products, and considering the very low host specificity of Toxoplasma, no meat product should be considered absolutely "safe." Heating meat to approximately 160 F or cooling it to 0 F (a hard freeze) should kill most of the zoitocysts."

[johnny7]

Must be a connection...

[Sensei Ern]

Is that Howard Dean?

[reagan_fanatic]

A strong majority of Americans who owned cats were liberal, while dog owners were almost as strongly oriented toward calling themselves conservatives

LOL - I hope you're wearing asbestos- it's about to get hot in here!

[PatrickHenry]

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[Eepsy]

[Lazamataz]

Please add me to the Mind Control Parasites ping list.

[PatrickHenry]

Dolt!

[tx_eggman]

Please add me to the Mind Control Parasites ping list.

They made you ask for this ....

You people know what I'm talking about ..

[VadeRetro]

My cat is trying to inure me to the smell of cat urine and cat feces. So far I am resisting the training.

[dljordan]

That was fascinating. Must...go....drink....BEER!

[PatrickHenry]

My cat is trying to inure me to the smell of cat urine and cat feces. So far I am resisting the training.

Heinlein's puppet masters came from Titan; your cat is from Uranus.

[OKIEDOC]

Could it possibly be that Al Gore is Eat Up With The Dumb @ss or just has a bad case of Toxoplasma worms crawling around in his empty head.

We are almost certain that Nancy Pepolosie, Murdering Ted Kennedy, Little Dickie Turdbin, Hairy the scummy Reid, HowWeird Deaniac, Jessie Jackass, George Sore@ss and others have these Toxoplasma a crawling in their wormy minds and are also Eat Up With The Dumb A$$ as well. (EUWTDA)

[TheSpottedOwl]

Interesting. There was a warning many years ago to women who were pregnant. Don't empty the cat box. Have someone else do it, because of possible parasitical infection dangers to your unborn child.

Are there ways to get tested to see if you've been infected?

[MRMEAN]

The standard example of parasites altering behavior to facilitate transmission is rabies, which causes the infected animal to become fearless and aggressive, to transmit the infection to new hosts by bites.

[MRMEAN]

See

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003514.htm

[Aracelis]

I knew there was a darned good reason to get rid of the cat...

Chekov being relieved of a parasitic eel, Ceti Alpha V's only indigenous lifeform, with a penchant for the human cerebral cortex (Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan").

[null and void]

*Ouch*