It's not food, so why would cats chew on catnip and silver vine? Scientists have found cats are improving the plants' mosquito repellent by damaging the leaves in a specific way.
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It's not food, so why would cats chew on catnip and silver vine? Scientists have found cats are improving the plants' mosquito repellent by damaging the leaves in a specific way. Read the blog post at: https://botany.one/2022/06/why-do-cats-act-so-strangely-around-catnip/ Read the original article at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104455

It's not food, so why would cats chew on catnip and silver vine? Scientists have found cats are improving the plants' mosquito repellent by damaging the leaves in a specific way.
Read the blog post at: <a href="https://botany.one/2022/06/why-do-cats-act-so-strangely-around-catnip/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://botany.one/2022/06/why-do-cats-act-so-strangely-around-catnip/</a>
Read the original article at: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104455" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104455</a>

Why do cats act so strangely around catnip?

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