kaffy_r: The TARDIS says hello (catwins)
kaffy_r ([personal profile] kaffy_r) wrote2010-06-15 07:44 pm

Dept. of The World is Weirder Than We Imagine

When Rats (and Humans) Dance the Parasite Polka

If you've ever been pregnant, or know someone who ever was pregnant, you're probably familiar with the advice to pregnant women — to stay the hell away from catboxes, in order to avoid toxoplasmosis. That, however, is just one facet of the glittering neurobiology of the parasite which causes the disease. If ever we needed proof that the universe may not only be stranger than we know, but stranger than we can know, this certainly would be a candidate:

"Toxo Modified Humans"