Radio 4 This Morning Re Cats

[annieigma]

Hi,
anyone hear a programme on radio 4 this morning about some parasite or whatever that cats can pass to humans, that makes you love cats. They said they gave it to mice and the mice then saw cats as friends? anyone know what the toxi something is called please.

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.nature.com/news/parasite-makes-mice-lose-fear-of-cats-permanently-1.13777

[woofgang]

so it stops them fear reacting to the scent of the cat.....that’s not quite the same as mice loving cats.....

[Old_Geezer]

I think a lot of you have been infected with them then :-)

[wildwood]

One has to wonder what wonderful project is next up for funding.