> In several of these cases, the cat fatalities were the result of cats licking their fur after brushing up against a wall or other surface sprayed with DDT. T

> In several of these cases, the cat fatalities were the result of cats licking their fur after brushing up against a wall or other surface sprayed with DDT. This is, of course, reminiscent of the legendary Dwarf Fortress issue where cats would die of alcohol poisoning after walking on a tavern floor and licking their fur contaminated by spilled booze… There was nothing wrong with this unexpected emergent interplay of features per se, the only actual bug was that one "unit" of contaminant was unintentionally treated the same as a whole serving of alcohol, a lethal amount to a cat-sized creature!