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Re:Mind-controlling parasite makes hyena cubs more reckless ... by trhway on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @05:15AM (#27745866)
so those infected survivors got much closer than the healthy ones and yet survived. Sounds like a [harsh] filter for the high survivability traits which may be beneficial for the population, and that may explain why the [susceptibility to the] infection hasn't been selected out.
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Re:Mind-controlling parasite makes hyena cubs more reckless ... by eru on Monday July 12, 2021 @07:29AM (#27809204)
> [...] which may be beneficial for the population, [...]

Do keep in mind that evolution mostly works on the level of genes, and perhaps individuals. It doesn't really work on the level of the population.

See eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_selection

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Re:Mind-controlling parasite makes hyena cubs more reckless ... by Retric on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @09:58AM (#27748610)
Possibly, but luck isn’t an inheritable trait.
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Re:Mind-controlling parasite makes hyena cubs more reckless ... by sitkack on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @10:16AM (#27748902)
It is in humans.
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Re:Mind-controlling parasite makes hyena cubs more reckless ... by rfreytag on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @10:47AM (#27749344)
... according to Larry Niven.
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Re:Mind-controlling parasite makes hyena cubs more reckless ... by sitkack on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @05:31PM (#27754557)
And Rockefeller, Cargil, Rothschild ...
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Re:Mind-controlling parasite makes hyena cubs more reckless ... by eru on Monday July 12, 2021 @07:29AM (#27809209)
What makes you think there was inherited luck involved?

People make their own 'luck'.

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Re:Mind-controlling parasite makes hyena cubs more reckless ... by sitkack on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @09:15AM (#27820536)
Luck and Inherited Luck are different things.
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Re:Mind-controlling parasite makes hyena cubs more reckless ... by eru on Saturday July 17, 2021 @04:44AM (#27864448)
Yes.
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