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Re:Taylor Farms Called White House to Try to Delay Cyclospor... by sethammons on Saturday July 25, 2026 @06:21AM (#49046314)
Instead of making mice seek out cats, this one encourages poor public health policies in people.
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Re:Taylor Farms Called White House to Try to Delay Cyclospor... by hogwasher on Saturday July 25, 2026 @11:03AM (#49048145)
toxoplasmosis doesn't actually do that to mice. It makes them less scared, but iirc, not even so much that they don't flee.

it's one of those studies that got blown up into a worldwide news story sensation even though the actual paper didn't say what headlines claimed it did. I don't know if it was ever proven replicable or not, either.

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Re:Taylor Farms Called White House to Try to Delay Cyclospor... by tim-tday on Saturday July 25, 2026 @06:02PM (#49052060)
Making prey less scared of the predator makes them significantly more likely to be eaten by that predator.

The reality is even worse than “seeking out cats” because it means if it does this in humans, (which it appears to do) those among us who get infected will engage in all manner of risky, dangerous and destructive behaviors.

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Re:Taylor Farms Called White House to Try to Delay Cyclospor... by CalRobert on Saturday July 25, 2026 @07:31AM (#49046687)
If it results in more and fitter offspring it will be selected for.
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Re:Taylor Farms Called White House to Try to Delay Cyclospor... by eqvinox on Saturday July 25, 2026 @08:28AM (#49047040)
Sounds like a nice topic for a PhD for someone 100 or 1000 generations down the line...
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Re:Taylor Farms Called White House to Try to Delay Cyclospor... by ElProlactin on Saturday July 25, 2026 @03:08PM (#49050579)
I don't have a parasite in my brain so take everything I say with a grain of salt but at this pace I'm skeptical there will be 100 more generations.
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Re:Taylor Farms Called White House to Try to Delay Cyclospor... by eqvinox on Monday July 27, 2026 @06:44AM (#49067633)
Well I didn't say it would be generations of humans ;-)
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