Cat parasite reduces general anxiety in infected mice, not just fear of feline predators

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Jan 14, 2020, 11:00 am595 ptsHot
The cat parasite Toxoplasma gondii is known to cause infected rodents to lose their fear of feline predators, which makes the mice easier to catch. Predators then spread the parasites through their feces. But this so-called fatal feline attraction theory is flawed, suggests a study publishing January 14 in the…

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