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Cat Parasites Infect Otters

Posted by michael on from the we-otter-be-more-careful dept.

Peter T Ermit writes "In an article in the International Journal of Parasitology, a team of scientists links the deaths of sea otters to T. gondii, a parasite found almost exclusively in cat feces. (The above link goes to a technical abstract; this is a more understandable popular version.) It seems that the parasite got into the ocean through waste water, and wound up infecting the otters' brains. So think twice before flushing that kitty litter."

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  1. Cat owner's lament by eyepeepackets · · Score: 1, Flamebait


    Yo, ho! Yo, Dude!
    Don't tell my cat
    or he get more attitude!

    Save da cuffs, save da blotter!
    Now my cat be doing pokey
    'cause he kill a fucking otter?

    So nerds, so brats
    Ja, best ya be salutin'
    when you see my bad-ass cat!

    Woo, too much diet Coke today.

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  2. Uhhh... oh no... by The_Guv'na · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Last time I checked my kitty litter was made of "Pure clay". That is NOT flushable! And strangeley enough my cat doesnt sem to like swimming and building dams.

    As for sifting out the turds from the tray... Err, no thanks!

    What a non-story. It must have been a slow day eh michael?

    Ali

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