Cats benefit by having more rats to eat. Cats increase, rats decrease. Rats are destructive disease carriers, cats are not, and make nice pets. Who benefits? Humans.
Al Davis On 2/13/06, Jonathan B. Britten <jbrit...@cc.nakamura-u.ac.jp> wrote: > > This is not quite clear to me. How does the parasite benefit from rats > going to areas in which cats have urinated? > > If the parasite can survive in rats, why would there be a need for > infected rats to be killed by cats? This is the only means by which I > can imagine some benefit to the parasite, that is, a chance to infect > more cats. Is the rat not as good a host? Its not clear. > > Also not clear is what benefit to the parasite human infestation might > yield. > > The information is very interesting, but some key details are missing I > think. I can't quite follow it. Can anyone clarify? > > > > On Tuesday, Feb 14, 2006, at 00:36 Asia/Tokyo, Dan Nave wrote: > > > In fact, some of the > > infected > > rats actually seek out the cat urine-marked areas again and again. The > > parasite alters the mind (and thus the behavior) of the rat for its > > own > > benefit. > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > > >
