Actually, Larry's hit on the most important part of the post; that the effect could be duplicated. Jon, could you post a link to the original article or research? What's the vectors that attract the rats to the cats? I'm assuming its chemical in nature.
At 12:50 PM 3/18/02, you wrote: >Cool. Just don't let private industry get a hold of the end product. It >would cause millions of people to eat at places like McDonalds etc. Um wait >a minute they do. Any mention of a vaccine or counter agent? > >larry > >-- > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jon Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 12:27 PM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: Re: Happy Monday Peoples! >> >> >> Speaking of cats, I heard an odd piece of cat theory this weekend. >> Apparently 30-50% of the worlds human population is infected with >> Toxoplasmosis which is carried by cats. Some scientists did >> tests on rats >> infected with toxoplasmosis, and the disease actually causes >> the infected >> rats to seek out and want to be near cats! I wish I had more >> details, but >> that was the jist of it. >> So the theory is that maybe part of the reason why half the >> population likes >> cats is because they have taxoplasmosis.... >> >> Dunno, just thought I'd share :) >> >> jon >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Larry Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 11:21 AM >> Subject: RE: Happy Monday Peoples! >> >> >> > I'm still trying to recover from a very rough weekend. >> > >> > first of all Wendy and I went to see Ice Age on Friday - a >> very good film. >> > Quite funny. >> > >> > then when we got home around midnight we found our cat >> Solomon in very bad >> > shape lying on the floor. First we tried to get her to eat >> something, in >> > case it was some sort of insulin reaction - she's diabetic. >> > >> > However she did ate very little and was not reacting much >> at this point. >> We >> > rushed her to what we thought was a nearby 24 hour >> emergency vet clinic. >> > Guess what while it advertised that it was a 24 hour clinic >> no such luck >> the >> > place was closed. >> > >> > So we went to the next one about 15 miles away in Vienna, >> Virginia. Along >> > the way the cat began to go into convulsions. At that point >> I figure I was >> > breaking tons of traffic laws the way I was driving down >> I-66 trying to >> get >> > to the clinic. Fortunately there were not state police on >> the way. I never >> > knew this Saturn could go so fast. Anyhow we manage to make >> it there in >> > time. They took her in right away. Apparently her glucose >> levels at this >> > point was less than 20. Normal levels are between 70 and >> 120. So they >> > started her on a glucose solution IV. Around 4 am they said >> that they >> wanted >> > to keep her overnight to watch her etc. So we finally made >> it home around >> > 5am. We called later (Saturday evening) and were told we >> could pick her >> up. >> > The bill came to over $400. Ouch. >> > >> > So needless my weekend sucked. >> > >> > larry >> > >> > -- >> > Larry C. Lyons >> > ColdFusion/Web Developer >> > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer >> > EBStor.com >> > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 >> > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 >> > tel: (703) 393-7930 >> > fax: (703) 393-2659 >> > Web: http://www.ebstor.com >> > http://www.pacel.com >> > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. >> > -- >> > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> > > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 10:52 AM >> > > To: CF-Community >> > > Subject: Happy Monday Peoples! >> > > >> > > >> > > What happened over there in the states???!!! Are you people >> > > awake or what! >> > > It's almost 11:00 am on the East coast and hardly a peep from >> > > the regulars! >> > > >> > > <grin> >> > > >> > > And where's Howard been all weekend ... I was looking >> forward to some >> > > excellent reading today! >> > > >> > > Huggles all!!!! >> > > >> > > >> > > Erika >> > > (with a *K* in the UK) >> > > >> > > Todd for President!!!! >> > > ----------------------------------------------------- >> > > Erika L. Walker-Arnold, VP, RUWebby, LLC >> > > ----------------------------------------------------- >> > > Macromedia ColdFusion Alliance Partner >> > > Macromedia ColdFusion 5.0 Certified Developer >> > > ----------------------------------------------------- >> > > >> > > >> > >> > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
