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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 01:31 PM
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Get down - Make Love! -- Catnip Chemistry Enhances Feline High
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Aug. 24, 2005 — Feline experts are unlocking some of the mysteries behind catnip's intense effect on cats, according to a recent report in Chemical & Engineering News.

At the center of the mystery is the herb's volatile essential oil, nepetalactone. Carolyn McDaniel, a veterinarian at the Feline Health Center at Cornell University who contributed to the report, theorizes that it must be very similar to a substance that all cats respond to, like a pheromone.

Felines need to sniff catnip; chewing it only helps to release its odors.

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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 01:33 PM
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1. What if you're a furry?
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 01:34 PM
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2. Then I'd have to go underground
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 01:39 PM
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3. Like some sort of jungle cat?
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-03-05 01:43 PM
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4. Not quite
There's still some shading to be done

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