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Study Shows Having Cats May Alter Peoples' Brain Posted by Pile (6171 views) [E-Mail link] They may look like lovable pets but Britain’s estimated 9m domestic cats are being blamed by scientists for infecting up to half the population with a parasite that can alter people’s personalities. The startling figures emerge from studies into toxoplasma gondii, a parasite carried by almost all the country’s feline population. They show that half of Britain’s human population carry the parasite in their brains, and that infected people may undergo slow but crucial changes in their behaviour. Details   Um... Posted by Master Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi on 2005-06-15 17:22:00 That is a bit weird... I would think people's behavior is changing because they love their pets... you know that feeling you get because your pets are sooooo cute? Yeah, I think half of Britian's population is undergoing THAT and not this toxoplasma gondii what-not. crazy, but can't find any reason to dismiss Posted by Pile on 2005-06-16 11:24:08 admittedly this whole story stounds like complete BS, but the more I look into it, the more there does seem to be a legitimate parasitic infection, see the CDC page on Toxoplasmosis. Maybe Real Posted by Lizzzo on 2005-06-18 20:09:27 I think this is very permissable. I'm not a scientist, I havn't even graduated high school yet, but I think it could actually be true. Advice to the people in Britain: Only get a cat if you don't like your personality. Posted by Joe on 2005-06-19 02:24:49 Is this a pandora's box? Is this one of those stories that the media won't cover? It sure seems like a pretty newsworthy issue. Yea, it does seem crazy, but there's too much information out there which indicates this is a legitimate issue. I don't have any cats, but it's unlikely I would be ingesting their feces so i'm not worried, which is a same, because I could use it as an excuse as to why I haven't cleaned my house as often. Posted by Intrigued on 2006-01-16 06:23:34 The link for more details did not work. I got a 404 page.   Comments   Name: (change name for anonymous posting) Title: Comments:     1 Article displayed.

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