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Yeah dogs just allowed themselves to be subjugated… except there are over 4 million dog bites recorded each year, and 25,000 human deaths from dog attack.
Cats: occasional accidental death by infectious bacteria after bites. Not enough annual kills to even bother being tracked.
Cats are too small to easily kill a human, and they’re solitary hunters, so they won’t gang up on us. I think we lucked out there, like how octopus would probably rule the world if they survived having sex.
We’re lucky dogs are on our side now, and that’s thanks to thousands of generations of Humans making that happen. Like with Corn.
Ah yes, corn. Man’s second-best friend.
What about all the people high fructose corn syrup kills!? /s
That was my first thought too, because fuck corn syrup, but I upvoted username zpqs anyway because his comment made me laugh.
I’m interested in how many of those dog bites are contributed by pitbulls and rotweilers. I don’t like to perpetuate stereotypes but every physically intimidating hyperaggressive dog ive met has been a one of those. People want the safety that comes with those killing machines but they refuse to properly train them and cook up some serious cope when their precious furry son breaks their electric fence and bites the face off a child walking by.
That’s more attributable to the aggressive fuckwits who tend to those dog races when they get a dog, not to the dog races by themselves. If you get yourself a pitbull and treat and train him to be a little princess who likes cuddles, you will get a little princess who likes cuddles. Aggressive dogs are 95% owner, 5% dog if we talk about pets and not feral dogs.
Yeah, they’re only dangerous IMO because their owners want them to be dangerous.
These bites and death numbers are mainly from feral dogs, not pets. And most of the deaths are from dogs with rabies, which causes aggresive behavior.
Maybe it’s because dogs are often big enough to kill you. My cat gets angry I didn’t snuggle right and swats. The cats that big enough to kill us people seldom live with and attacks are frequent.
And then there’s the other side of the coin, where dogs working in service save people’s lives, catch criminals, help the disabled, etc. while cats only shit, meow and sleep
Pest control is a service that likely saved more lives than dogs ever did.
You forgot pissing in the heating vents because fuck you.
Whilst lowering blood pressure reducing stress and anxiety and all the consequential negative health outcomes.
So basically what dogs do, just… less.
Less? I don’t think so.
Many bites are by dogs bred to aggressive and that have a predisposition to a cancer that starts in a part of their brain controlling aggression.
Is there any truth to the toxoplasmosis thing, or is it another “fact” the Internet collectively won’t stop repeating?
yes, it’s harmless to most people, so much so that you might be infected without even knowing. it’s only dangerous to immunocompromised people, especially foetuses.
the “change in human behaviour” is more iffy, we know it changes rats behaviours, but it’s hard to measure that in humans.
check the wiki though
Ive been told that cats meows have evolved to sound enough like a fussing baby to trigger our maternal instincts.
No idea how true it is, but it feels true.
that is just neoteny in general.
most domestication involved selecting animals who stay in their childlike state, ie an adult dog is mentally a puppy.
and there is the concept that we have done that to ourselves, natural selection chose less aggressive childlike humans because they make better societies.
My sister in law was pregnant and scared she may get infected because she has a cat. So she talked to the vet and she replied in her typical uncouth way and said: just refrain from licking the cats ass, when she comes from the litterbox and you’re good!
Where I live the typical recommendation is to skip cleaning the litterbox while you’re already immune compromised (sick, pregnant, …) and you don’t have any trouble.
Man, these pesky doctors. They always forbid the fun stuff.
The Gardens of Eden are all yours, hoomans. I only ask you to
just refrain from licking the cats ass
I don’t think it’s that hard.
5 minutes in
PUT DOWN THE CAT ADAM, I ORDER YOU. Ah gosh, now they teamed up to spite me
I heard from an expert that the usual infection comes from insufficiently washed home-grown vegetables contaminated by mouse droppings.
Yes, because bacteria is transferred in one single way and that’s direct contact. Nowhere in the history of the planet has indirect infection happened. Shaking hands has been the cleanest form of greetings since day 1! Cats never sit down on items human introduce into their mouths or put food on. And all humans, without exception, wash their hands after handling cats and prior to consuming or preparing food.
It’s a parasite that causes toxoplasmosis. At least in Germany it’s assumed most infected people got it from insufficiently heated pork.
Oral transmission may occur through:
- Ingestion of raw or partly cooked meat, especially pork, lamb, or venison containing Toxoplasma cysts: Infection prevalence in countries where undercooked meat is traditionally eaten has been related to this transmission method. Tissue cysts may also be ingested during hand-to-mouth contact after handling undercooked meat, or from using knives, utensils, or cutting boards contaminated by raw meat.[47]
- Ingestion of unwashed fruit or vegetables that have been in contact with contaminated soil containing infected cat feces.[48]
- Ingestion of cat feces containing oocysts: This can occur through hand-to-mouth contact following gardening, cleaning a cat’s litter box, contact with children’s sandpits; the parasite can survive in the environment for months.[49]
- Ingestion of untreated, unfiltered water through direct consumption or utilization of water for food preparation.[50]
- Ingestion of unpasteurized milk and milk products, particularly goat’s milk.[51]
- Ingestion of raw seafood.[52]
As you can clearly read, one doesn’t require feline anilingus to acquire the parasite.
My understanding is that it will only infect people who are immunocompromised.
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Look at the disfigured face of this in bread dog
