Meanwhile cats just showed up, said that they live here now. 10,000 years later, cats run the internet and more or less still the same genetically for the past 10,000 years.
Toxoplasma gondii (/ˈtɒksəˌplæzmə ˈɡɒndi.aɪ, -iː/) is a species of parasitic alveolate that causes toxoplasmosis.[3] Found worldwide, T. gondii is capable of infecting virtually all warm-blooded animals,[4]: 1 but members of the cat family (Felidae) are the only known definitive hosts in which the parasite may undergo sexual reproduction.[5][6]
Can infect basically any mammal, but cats are their preffered hosts.
ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 4 months ago
Meanwhile cats just showed up, said that they live here now. 10,000 years later, cats run the internet and more or less still the same genetically for the past 10,000 years.
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 4 months ago
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ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 3 months ago
People get a dog to feel like a god. People get a cat so they have a god sitting on their chest meowing at them for food at 6 am.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
They kill rats.
Keep the granaries uninfested.
And roughly half of them also carry a parasite that literally rewrites the brain DNA of humans.
Amir@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
I thought that parasite wasn’t carried long-term by cats, only by humans?
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasma_gondii
Can infect basically any mammal, but cats are their preffered hosts.
MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
That doesn’t stop people from trying.