Ep 39 Toxoplasmosis: Calling All Cats
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The Evolution of Parasites
In parasites that are transmitted through the food chain like that, it's actually not that uncommon for parasites to manipulate the behavior of that intermediate host. So infected mice and rats will seek out novel areas and explore more readily. And they've done studies that show that they're not only less afraid of cat smells like cat urine, they're actually attracted to smellslike cat urine. Isn't that? Oh, it's really, yeah, it's almost unbelievable.
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