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http://inhabitat.com/your-cat-may-be-giv...road-rage/

EXCERPT: A new study has discovered a potential link between Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite carried by cats, and intermittent explosive disorder (IED) in humans. But don’t give up your cats for adoption just yet....

Also: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/potential-foun...22011.html
There's really only one cat we can blame for road rage:

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The very same parasite has been published about before on a different topic:

Parasite "Brainwashes" Rats Into Craving Cat Urine, Study Finds
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...-rats.html

The suggestion was that the parasite transferred through cat urine could cause rat's and mice to be attracted to the scent of cats (therefore causing them to seek them out)