Cat Parasites Conquer the World

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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Science, Life Sciences, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences

4.3 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2012

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The most successful organisms hide in the shadows. The parasite Toxoplasma gondii is just such a puppet master, and its marionettes include rodents, cats and human beings. In this episode, Julie and Robert uncover Toxo's neural-hijacking scheme.

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