Unravelling The Mystery Of The Kitty Litter Parasite In Marine Mammals

Science Daily ^ | 6-5-2008 | American Society for Microbiology

[blam]

Don't eat anything raw anymore?

[rockinqsranch]

“...this could present a possible transmission path...”

and then too, perhaps not.

[Clioman]

George Bush is dumping cat litter in the oceans?! /s

[Sundog]

lox and bagels

[Joe 6-pack]

...anchovies....MMMMMMMMMMMMMM..........

[NonValueAdded]

estimates that over 20% of the U.S. population carries the parasite

Hold on now ... one in five of us carries this parasite???

[aruanan]

Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite which causes toxoplasmosis, considered to be the third leading cause of death attributed to foodborne illness in the United States. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that over 20% of the U.S. population carries the parasite, the only known reservoir of the infectious form of the parasite (the oocyst) are cats.

1. the third leading cause of death attributed to foodborne illness in the United States
2. the only known reservoir of the infectious form of the parasite (the oocyst) are cats

Therefore:
3. Kill all cats.

After all, isn't it worth it if we can save just one kid's life? Besides, more people die each year from this disease than die from carbon dioxide emissions. Perhaps we should take all the money devoted to CO2 abatement, split it up amongst cat owners, and spend some money that'll really save some lives. And then we could export all that fur to China for them to turn into innovative rabbit coats.

[mewzilla]

Unravelling The Mystery Of The Kitty Litter Parasite In Marine Mammals

Click here for the answer!

[sportutegrl]

Perhaps we should take all the money devoted to CO2 abatement, split it up amongst cat owners, and spend some money that'll really save some lives. And then we could export all that fur to China for them to turn into innovative rabbit coats

Did you get that idea from "The Naked Gun 33 1/3"?

Frank Drebin: Uh Raquel, so many go to bed hungry in this nation, yet cat food is full of tuna! I cant help but think each time I go to the zoo and see those porpises, crammed into those tiny tanks, what a waste that is. Butcher half of them now! That's hundreds of pounds of Dolphin meat that can be fed to our cats, freeing up that tuna for our nations hungry.

[one person claps here]

Raquel Welch: And the winner is...

Frank Drebin: Uh so many are cold, shivering in the night, so I say, butcher those cats, skin them! Use their fur to keep hundreds warm!

[aruanan]

Ha ha. No. But we could save a lot of lives if we just offed all the cats. It’s not like they’re useful for ranching or guiding the blind or guarding property or sniffing out drugs or corpses. Though on FR they appear to be useful for announcing ZOTS! But their pictures, in their absence, would still be usable for this purpose.

[Dr._Joseph_Warren]

They forgot to mention Man Made Global Warming!

[calex59]

Ok, I have finally given in to the enviros, I think the human species is a blot on the planet and should be eliminated. We should declare a national cool-aid day in which we all drink the poison coolaid and rid the planet of the human species. However, in a show of good faith and to prove they believe in the doctrine they support, all liberals, enviros, marxist and others of their ilk should go first on national TV in order to inspire the rest of us to do our part, nothing like standing by your beliefs in order to win the hearts of the masses.

So, on the 1st of november, 2008 all of the supporters of how rotten the human race is must take their own lives and show us the way. I think barrack obama should be the first to go. After that the rest of us, if we still think humans are so bad, will drink the coolaid. Come on now, get behind this, I am sure you will not be sorry!

[blam]

Maybe we ought to just start with killing all the cats first. What do you think of that?

[Disambiguator]

...infected by a parasite that is spread primarily through the consumption of infectious cat feces...

Not my idea of appetizers.

[LucyT]

[djf]

Maybe we ought to just start with killing all the cats first. What do you think of that?

Works for me!

[Lady Jag]

[LucyT]

[Lady Jag]