• The brain parasite Toxoplasma gondii causes rodents to not fear cats, which will then consume the rodent, allowing the parasite to reproduce in the cat gut. A new study shows that the parasite strips away rodents' fear of all predators, not just cats, and acts less specifically than once thought. https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/s2211-1247(19)31669-9 52 comments 15/1/2020 science

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