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A study has shown that domestic cats infected with a parasite called toxoplasma gondii can actually alter the personalities of their human owners, turning women into ?sex kittens" and men into ?alley cats.??We found they [the infected women] were more easygoing, more warm-hearted, had more friends and cared more about how they looked. However, they were also less trustworthy and had more relationships with men,? Dr. Jaroslav Flegr, who conducted the study at Charles University in Prague, told London?s Sunday Times newspaper.
Infected men, on the other hand, became more aggressive, less well-groomed, undesirable loners who were more likely to be suspicious and jealous.
At first I wondered why such a study was being given any legitimacy, then I noticed there on the same page an add for a kitty litter box. Advertising disguised as news? Or are all such news stories automatically tagged with a related add? Either way the line is disturbingly blurred between news and advertising, and the credibility of the story and the study become questionable.
However, I would add that I've noticed that cat owners are driven to blog. And not just blog anything, they are driven to blog about their cats.
There are more out out there... there's no end of them...
Sinister, I tell you. Sinister.
