A nine-foot catfish reeled in an angler and towed him to his death. For more info, check out Huge catfish tows angler to his death . Researchers have discovered toxoplasmosis gondii, a parasite frequently found in cats and their litter pans, makes rats easier prey for cats. The parasite lives in the intestines of cats and is excreted with feces. In infected rats, it alters their behavior toward cats, which eat them, completing the parasite's lifecycle.
Toxoplasmosis can also infest humans, but that seems to be a dead end for the little bugs.
Maybe it wouldn't be if there were much bigger cats about. For the, er, scoop, on toxoplasmosis, check out Parasite Makes Rats More Vulnerable to Cats . Well, maybe the mugger didn't exactly say that, but she was robbing people at mousepoint. For the details, check out Robber armed with mouse gets community service . The men are protesting the fact women are allowed to wear miniskirts.