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I'm pretty sure they like catnip because it gets them high.

• creativenolo 2y ago
  The would be the evolution cause and effect
  • esperent 2y ago
    It's easy to make claims when it comes to evolutionary biology - there's patterns everywhere - but it's almost impossible to prove anything, and most of the things that are "obvious" won't turn out to be true. As a counterpoint, there's loads of things that get humans high that don't have any obvious benefit, why shouldn't other animals be the same? And there's certainly loads of other plants that work just as well as pesticides, and yet they don't get cats high.
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• ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago
  It does, but I read an article that said it’s a natural insect repellent, and that it was important (especially for big cats, who also like it) that cats not be plagued by insects, while hunting, so the conjecture was that their desire to roll in it was an evolutionary advantage. Kinda like enjoying sex, means we do it more often.