December 2009
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Toxo is the craziest parasite you'll hear about...
Long time readers of stuckk are probably aware by now that I’m fascinated by neuroscience, evolutionary biology and philosophy of mind. So it’s no surprise that the recent story on Edge.org about Toxoplasma caught my eye.
Toxo is a parasite that can only reproduce in the guts of cats. The parasite exits its host cat in its feces, which (who knew) gets eaten by rodents. Rodents get...