tigers and catnip

Ok, so by popular demand, I looked it up, and apparently tigers are affected by catnip. Who knew?

The things the kids come up with...

When discussing our "fight or flight" survival mechanism in class, I used the example of seeing a tiger on the street, and asked the students how our body would respond. One of my students went left field (beyond, actually) and asked the following question:

Are tigers affected by catnip?

It rendered me speechless.