# Cat claws and ringworm

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-claws-and-ringworm/48646>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [January 5, 2001, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-claws-and-ringworm/48646 "2001-01-05T23:10:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-claws-and-ringworm/48646/21 "2001-01-11T23:52:21Z")

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I hate to pass on stories for which I can’t provide cites, but I just read the other day that a woman was mauled by a tiger at a zoo or circus, recoverd from that and then died from infection. I thought at the time, jeez, lady, could you HAVE worse luck?

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-claws-and-ringworm/48646/22 "2001-01-12T00:18:33Z")

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> _Originally posted by gonz007 \*  
> \*\* Although this may be a pleasant side effect of an attack, I don’t know of any large cat that uses it as a hunting/kill method re. the komodo dragon._\*

Yeah, cats generally are pretty efficient and kill outright. The Komodo Dragon, being cold-blooded, can afford to take a more liesurely approach.

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