http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2007/04/04/cats-control-rats-with-parasites/ Science and Engineering: Innovation, Research, Education and Economics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:32:15 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2007/04/04/cats-control-rats-with-parasites/comment-page-1/#comment-65445 Curious Cat Science Blog: Cats Prevent Heart Attacks Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:06:20 +0000 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2007/04/04/cats-control-rats-with-parasites/#comment-65445 I suppose some people don't know how great cats are :-) Here is news of a study showing that those with cats are less likely to have heart attacks... I suppose some people don’t know how great cats are Here is news of a study showing that those with cats are less likely to have heart attacks…

]]> http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2007/04/04/cats-control-rats-with-parasites/comment-page-1/#comment-62341 Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog » Parasite Rex Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:52:06 +0000 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2007/04/04/cats-control-rats-with-parasites/#comment-62341 One of the amazing things with repeated examples in the book were parasites that seemed to have extremely complicated life cycles (that don't seem like a great strategy to prosper but obviously work). Where they grow in one life form (an insect or mammal or whatever) but must leave that life form for some other specific life form for the next stage in life (they cannot have descendants without doing so). Seems like a crazy way to evolve but it happens over and over again... One of the amazing things with repeated examples in the book were parasites that seemed to have extremely complicated life cycles (that don’t seem like a great strategy to prosper but obviously work). Where they grow in one life form (an insect or mammal or whatever) but must leave that life form for some other specific life form for the next stage in life (they cannot have descendants without doing so). Seems like a crazy way to evolve but it happens over and over again…

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