Okay, but…

Whatever

Scientists believe they understand why cats eat grass, even though it often makes them vomit.

According to a study by the University of California‘s School of Veterinary Medicine, the habit is a hangover from their early stages of evolution.

Specifically, they say the feline’s ancestors chewed on roughage to cleanse their bodies of intestinal parasites, which they’d caught from eating rodents.

This would spark muscle activity in their digestive tracts, which would effectively flush-out the unwelcome worms.

Okay, sounds fair enough. But do the buggers have to come into the house and puke it up all over my carpets?

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  1. I thought the worms got caught in the indigestible grass fibres and got scoured out along intestines

  2. But do the buggers have to come into the house and puke it up all over my carpets?

    There is nothing more likely to wake you up in the morning than wandering into the kitchen and stepping in the entrails of a half-eaten or half-digested mouse.

    The cold squishiness as it oozes between your toes is something that few cat owners will forget.

    • There is nothing more likely to wake you up in the morning than wandering into the kitchen and stepping on a piece of Lego.

      The pain & shock is something that few parents will forget 😉

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