Keep a Cat? Feeling Neurotic?
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Toxoplasma gondii is an extraordinary creature, whose exploits I’ve chronicled in previous posts , an article in the New York Times and my book Parasite Rex. This single-celled organism has a life cycle that takes it from cats to other mammals and birds and back to cats again. Studies have shown that the parasite can alter the behavior of rats, robbing them of their normal fear of cats–and presumably making it easier for the parasites to get into their next host.
did you say… your book?
Comment by Alison — September 19, 2006 @ 6:53 pm
o i see, it’s his book!
Comment by Alison — September 19, 2006 @ 6:59 pm
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