Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/21

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Subject: [Leica] cat sitting
From: scleroplex at gmail.com (scleroplex)
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:50:23 -0400
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Part B

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:49 AM, scleroplex <scleroplex at gmail.com> wrote:

> that didn't work so i'll truncate into 4 parts :-)
>
> A B C D
>
>
> what toxo infection does is make the host engage in behaviours that would
> increase the chance of the host being eaten by a cat.
>
> just one example - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22431975
>
> in rats and mice this makes them seek out lit areas and behave actively
> and aggressively rather than hide.
>
> in animals that are not likely to be eaten by cats there are changes too -
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3303785/pdf/pone.0032489.pdf
>
> in humans toxo makes people aggressive and suicidal.
> postolache has been looking closely at that for some years -
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21716055
>
> contd.............
>


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