07-27-2017, 12:20 PM
The stereotype of the 'crazy cat person' has some scientific merit. Cats carry a parasite that infects rodents and humans. The parasite causes rodents to lose their fear of cats, which makes them easier for cats to eat. The parasite life cycle can only be completed in cats, therefore when the parasite modifies the rodent behavior it ensures the parasite survival. The same parasite infects humans and causes personality changes. Some of these changes lead some humans to feed feral cats. I'm not going to do all the googling for you, but here is a start:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/artic...y-changes/
http://jeb.biologists.org/content/216/1/127
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmo...yndrome.22
http://www.medicaldaily.com/crazy-cat-la...ior-390436
(there are thousands more, you can find them in just a few seconds, reading them takes much longer).
In other words, people who feed feral cats might not be thinking rationally, because they may have a mental illness caused by exposure to the cats themselves. You can't argue with a segment of the population who's mental facilities have been modified by the parasite that requires preservation of cats for it's own survival. I know this sounds like a science fiction conspiracy theory, but if you do any amount of research, and haven't been infected, you will appreciate the facts and research that have been done on this matter. If you want to argue against them, it might not be too late for you to get treatment.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/artic...y-changes/
http://jeb.biologists.org/content/216/1/127
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmo...yndrome.22
http://www.medicaldaily.com/crazy-cat-la...ior-390436
(there are thousands more, you can find them in just a few seconds, reading them takes much longer).
In other words, people who feed feral cats might not be thinking rationally, because they may have a mental illness caused by exposure to the cats themselves. You can't argue with a segment of the population who's mental facilities have been modified by the parasite that requires preservation of cats for it's own survival. I know this sounds like a science fiction conspiracy theory, but if you do any amount of research, and haven't been infected, you will appreciate the facts and research that have been done on this matter. If you want to argue against them, it might not be too late for you to get treatment.