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milestogo

(16,829 posts)
Mon Sep 3, 2018, 09:56 AM Sep 2018

Now I've seen everything



"Lick'em"

Plastic (food grade) mouthpiece end goes into your mouth so you can hold your cat and "lick'em" with the scratcher end to the cats delight.

With our Lick'em Cat Scratcher you can love your cat like it's mother would!

Great Novelty Gift For Your Cat Lovers!

Dimensions: 5.75" Long x 4" Wide x 2.125" Height

Color: Red - Shaped like Cat's tounge
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yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
9. Cat poop parasite controls minds early - and permanently, study finds
Mon Sep 3, 2018, 03:01 PM
Sep 2018
https://www.nbcnews.com/healthmain/cat-poop-parasite-controls-minds-early-permanently-study-finds-4B11194722

A parasite that changes the brains of rats and mice so that they are attracted to cats and cat urine seems to work its magic almost right away, and continues to control the brain even after it’s gone, researchers reported on Wednesday.

The mind-controlling parasite, called Toxoplasma gondii, might make permanent changes in brain function as soon as it gets in there, the researchers report. They aren’t sure how yet.

It doesn’t just affect cats. People can be infected too -- pregnant women are told to stay away from cat feces for this very reason. It normally doesn’t bother people, but it can cause brain inflammation, called encephalitis, in some -- especially those with compromised immune systems like pregnant women.

“More than 60 million men, women, and children in the U.S. carry the Toxoplasma parasite, but very few have symptoms because the immune system usually keeps the parasite from causing illness,” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says on its website.


Mice succumb to the mind-altering effects...why not "crazy cat ladies and LOLCATS?"
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
10. I know this won't make me popular, but I knew I disliked cats for a reason.
Mon Sep 3, 2018, 03:07 PM
Sep 2018

Something about the litter box and then walking all over everything - tables, counters, sofas, beds. It just grosses me out. I also think there is just something sinister about them. Every time I have tried to like or be nice to a cat it will sit for a while and let me pet it and then suddenly turn around and bite or scratch. I am a definite dog person.

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
5. Aside from everything else wrong with this, cats tounges are pink.
Mon Sep 3, 2018, 11:05 AM
Sep 2018

And yes, that cats face says it all.

Hotler

(11,440 posts)
7. but wait there is more.....
Mon Sep 3, 2018, 12:27 PM
Sep 2018

buy one and we'll throw in a second lick'em for free, just pay a separate "dumb shit" fee.

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