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report: Cat virus makes people 'frisky'
LONDON -- Scientists have found a microscopic parasite cats can pass on to
humans may cause personality changes, a report said Monday. It can make women
behave like "sex kittens" and men like "alley cats," the
London Daily Mirror said. Women who are affected spend more on clothes and are
consistently rated as more attractive, an international study has shown. They
are more confident and less willing to conform to accepted moral standards.
Researcher Jaroslav Flegr said: "We found they were more easy-going, more
warmhearted, had more friends and cared more about how they looked.
"However, they were also less trustworthy and had more relationships with
men," he said. In contrast, infected men become more anti-social, suspicious
and jealous, more aggressive, scruffier and less attractive to women. The
parasite, toxoplasma gondii, moves in a natural cycle between cat feces and
rats, and there is no way of getting rid of it.
Charles Mims
http://www.the-sandbox.org
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