#68: Allergic to Cats? Big Cats Might Be a Problem Too
Most people who are allergic to cats think their biggest problem is avoiding friends’ living rooms and pet-sitting gigs. But here’s a wild detail: if you’re allergic to domestic cats, there’s a decent chance you’d also react to lions and tigers.
It makes sense — they’re all felines, sharing similar proteins that trigger allergies in humans. Not that most of us will ever get close enough to a tiger to find out. But if you ever do, sneezing will probably be the least of your worries.
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