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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

They kill rats.

Keep the granaries uninfested.

And roughly half of them also carry a parasite that rewires the brain/neurological DNA of humans via epigenetic manipulation.

Also they can be adorable.

[–] Amir@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I thought that parasite wasn't carried long-term by cats, only by humans?

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasma_gondii

Toxoplasma gondii (/ˈtɒksəˌplæzmə ˈɡɒndi.aɪ, -iː/) is a species of parasitic alveolate that causes toxoplasmosis.[3] Found worldwide, T. gondii is capable of infecting virtually all warm-blooded animals,[4]: 1  but members of the cat family (Felidae) are the only known definitive hosts in which the parasite may undergo sexual reproduction.[5][6]

Can infect basically any mammal, but cats are their preffered hosts.