Catnip! Cats roll in it, rub their cheeks on it and paw at it… but what is it about this stuff that gets our feline friends caught up in such a frenzy?
Hosted by: Olivia Gordon
Special thanks to Animal Wonders Montana for letting us use a clip from their episode “Catnip Experiment”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmW9Lh-Ff0g
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Images:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AShorty-on-catnip.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACatnip_%2C_Nepeta_cataria.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANepetalactone_chemical_structure.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGillie_stalking_the_catnip_(2587001371).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACatnip-effects.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASilver_Vine_(Scindapsus_pictus)_1.jpg
