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- inactive, on 03/31/2009, -4/+42i like cats.
- BossKey, on 03/31/2009, -1/+37oh hai
i upgraded my own brain - Benjigga, on 03/31/2009, -2/+19That's why they can constantly abuse the nip with little consequence.
- stoanhart, on 03/31/2009, -0/+14Well, the reason poop is harmful is that it's full of bacteria. Irradiating it will kill those bacteria. As to poop in food, it's just unavoidable for trace amounts of rodent feces to appear in mass produced food. Grain and other crops sit in silos or warehouses for a several weeks sometimes. There is an upper limit to the amount of feces that's allowed to be in it, and it's quite low.
- fefu, on 03/31/2009, -9/+22They fed the cats irradiated food that caused the neurological problems in the first place. That's kind of sad, but glad to hear they got better. People should be aware of irradiated food. It's being promoted to sterilize stuff like fecal matter in food. I heard an expert on NPR talking about it, and she said that "irradiated poop is still poop" and she wouldn't want to eat it. It doesn't actually get rid of the poop, it's just in a less harmful form. Yuck!
- inactive, on 03/31/2009, -0/+11I like to eat cheeseburgers while I sit next to my cat.
- pHtrip, on 03/31/2009, -5/+15Yeah dude cats are fuzzy for sure.
- wtfdaemon, on 03/31/2009, -0/+9I had a young cat (<1 year old) that was bitten in a cat fight when he got outdoors, and developed tetanus.
I came home, and he was lying on his side, almost completely paralyzed, barely able to swallow. I took him to the vet, where they couldn't do much for him, save confirm the diagnosis of tetanus. Although he was paralyzed, he could still meow, purr, and lick through his teeth, so I couldn't deal with putting him to sleep immediately. After a couple of weeks, he started to show mild signs of progress, so I kept hope alive. The vet clinic kept him boarded for almost a month, feeding him via eyedropper, and I heard he was a real staff favorite - I'd visit every couple of days.
The vet seemed to think there was little/no chance of full recovery from tetanus, since it attacks and destroys much of your nervous system, but sure enough, a month later he could move, and within two months was walking. Six months later, he was a normal cat again.
Reading this story about re-myelination sounds pretty plausible to me. :) - inactive, on 03/31/2009, -0/+9i love cats.
- LilJimmyNordin, on 03/31/2009, -1/+10NEVER FORGET DUSTY
- inactive, on 03/31/2009, -0/+8makes sense, when was the last time you ever saw a brain damaged retarded autistic cat?
we should use that genetic ability and fuse it with the human DNA. - anexanhume, on 03/31/2009, -4/+12As if I needed another reason to fear them as supernatural beasts.
- AaronCo, on 03/31/2009, -0/+8The bacteria in feces produces several harmful byproducts too. Killing the bacteria does not destroy those byproducts. It would not be wise to eat poop, sterile or not.
- Sterango, on 03/31/2009, -1/+80_o
are endz are neer... - beetrixi, on 03/31/2009, -0/+6Cats Rule!
- AaronCo, on 03/31/2009, -0/+6Did anyone bother to ask... Why can cats do this in the first place when humans can't? And what would it take to enable people to do this?
I mean the whole article was a pitchfest for "remyelination" therapy. It's a sales pitch, not a science article. - PimpWilly, on 03/31/2009, -1/+6Obligatory "Let's see a Dog do this!"
- inactive, on 03/31/2009, -1/+6Yeah, well I love cats.
and ***** you gowjo18 - Locupleto, on 03/31/2009, -0/+5Cats have powers of life and death.
- 4321234, on 03/31/2009, -0/+4 I can't has cognitive impairment.
- BlueCadenza, on 03/31/2009, -1/+5My cat is a freakin' genius...even after hitting his head multiple times for running too fast when he was only a few months old. At one year old he's learned that doors can be opened to wherever he wants to go by pulling on the handle.
- jshhmr, on 03/31/2009, -0/+4I have always heard a theory that a cat's self healing is amplified when it purrs.
- SpinningHead, on 03/31/2009, -0/+4You act like eating poop is a bad thing
- Spandia, on 03/31/2009, -0/+4 They've actually known that human brains do this for a pretty long time. It's called plasticity and it's greater in young people.
- inactive, on 03/31/2009, -2/+6yah.. when in rome huh..:]
- tcsavage, on 03/31/2009, -0/+4Yeah but for humans, nerve tissue repairs itself realllly slooowwwly.
- stonebear, on 03/31/2009, -0/+4I keep two that guard my soul at night.
- libbb, on 03/31/2009, -6/+10Not news. "For years the doctrine of neuroscientists has been that the brain is a machine: break a part and you lose that function permanently. But more and more evidence is turning up to show that the brain can rewire itself, even in the face of catastrophic trauma: essentially, the functions of the brain can be strengthened just like a weak muscle."
Read, "The Brain That Changes Itself" - inactive, on 03/31/2009, -1/+5no dude. i just like cats in general. there cuddly as *****! sicko!
- bjs3171, on 03/31/2009, -0/+3you mean like the Terminator??
- lnxfi, on 03/31/2009, -9/+12My cat is missing this function. He's practically retarded... even for a cat.
- Insanekingkong, on 03/31/2009, -5/+8***** you, two of my friends died while trying to self repair their brains.
- simpleid, on 03/31/2009, -3/+6cats!! RAWRz! meeooowwwww! ...RAWRz!
- copypastry, on 04/01/2009, -0/+3Cats can restore their own brain function, and they can probably spell a lot better than you give them credit for.
They're no slouches with grammar either. - stonebear, on 03/31/2009, -0/+3And did you notice the disclaimer at the end? God help them for funding, should they ever criticize big food's irradiation scheme.
- stonebear, on 03/31/2009, -0/+2You forget where you are sir.
- inactive, on 03/31/2009, -0/+2dude? c'mon man. ppl are reading here and your ***** your pants
- beautifulbeast, on 04/01/2009, -0/+2That the brain can rewire itself is a fact known for decades, but the ability to restore missing or damaged mieline is something different.
- jerstud56, on 04/01/2009, -0/+2http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007 ...
- Veni_Vidi_Vici, on 04/01/2009, -0/+2***** you, two of my friends agree that meme is old.
- fandyllic, on 03/31/2009, -0/+2The irradiated food discovery might be more noteworthy than the re-myelinization finding. The way they shrugged off the effects of the irradiated food and got all excited over the re-myelinization is disturbing. How can they suggest one is not species specific (re-myelinization) so therefore hopeful and at the same time suggest the other is species specific (irradiated food diet) without any compelling evidence. That's bad science.
- Ilfirimain, on 03/31/2009, -0/+2Good news for that one cat who got shot 20+ times or something and survived, huh?
- bjs3171, on 03/31/2009, -0/+2yes
- tcsavage, on 03/31/2009, -0/+2Humans can do it but realllly slooowwwly. It takes us years-decades to repair the simplest stuff.
- X9001, on 03/31/2009, -0/+2http://tippedearclan.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/w ...
- inactive, on 03/31/2009, -0/+2they're* :)
- inactive, on 03/31/2009, -0/+1yah dude they're cuddly as *****!
- wertach, on 03/31/2009, -1/+2Just wondering..... my cat doesn't like cheeseburgers, she seems smart otherwise........
- GreatSunJester, on 03/31/2009, -1/+2This from a cat owner..... The other version of this conclusion is that cats are naturally brain-damaged....
- LonelyTylenoL, on 04/01/2009, -1/+2Cats are amazing!
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