Rebecca presents "The characteristic response of domestic cats to plant iridoids allows them to gain chemical defense against mosquitoes" by R Uenoyama et al, DOI 10.1126/sciadv.abd9135. We get a bit silly talking about felids getting a bit silly. You can see a jaguar rolling around in catnip here https://youtu.be/aPQMwq4b9_4. As always we try to understand science well enough to explain it to our mums and key cat updates are provided.

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