Cats 'control mice' with chemicals in their urine

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Cats 'control mice' with chemicals in their urine

By Victoria Gill
Science reporter, BBC News
4 July 2015 Science & Environment

Cat v mouse: it is probably the most famous predator-prey pairing, enshrined in idioms and a well-known cartoon.

And cats, it turns out, even have chemical warfare in their anti-mouse arsenal - contained in their urine.

Researchers found that when very young mice were exposed to a chemical in cat urine, they were less likely to avoid the scent of cats later in life.

The findings were presented at the Society for Experimental Biology's annual meeting in Prague.

The researchers, from the AN Severtov Institute of Ecology and Evolution in Moscow, had previously found that the compound - aptly named felinine - causes pregnant mice to abort.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33380669

[HassleCat]

1. This cheese is no good! Some cat peed on it! (eom)

[shenmue]

2. Win

[packman]

3. Ah hah - now do the same experiment with humans

I do believe humans when exposed to kitten urine become enslaved and subservient to them for the rest of their lives.


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Nothing else will explain why I keep my 15 lb. lazy ass cat who was adorable as a kitten.

[loudsue]

4. Same way the food industry programs the rest of us lab rats.

They get us accustomed to shit while we're really small, and then we think it's "comfort food".