The mind-controlling zombie that makes our closest cousins seek out their own killers… and it could affect humans too

The mind-controlling zombie that makes our closest cousins seek out their own killers… and it could affect humans too

In 2016 scientists found a parasite is able to manipulate the behaviour of its chimpanzee hosts, making them morbidly attracted to the odour of their only natural predator. Toxoplasma gondii is a tiny single-celled cat parasite that also infects a range of other mammals and birds as intermediate hosts, forming cysts in their brains and other […]

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