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Felines May Use Catnip for More Than Just Euphoria

01-30-2021 • arclein

After observing the cats in ecstasy, Miyazaki and his colleagues were sure there had to be more benefits to this behavior besides the intoxicating experience. Previous studies have shown that catnip releases an iridoid called nepetalactone that is ten times more effective at repelling mosquitos than DEET. Taking a cue from past research, the team tested how well silver vine-derived nepralactol protected the felines against mosquitoes. Cats covered in nepetalactol attracted significantly fewer mosquitos?"?"in some cases, by half as many?"than cats left untreated with the chemical, reports George Dvorsky for Gizmodo.

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Reported By robert klein

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