Posted on 04/01/2022 6:47:12 PM PDT by dynachrome
The single-celled protozoan Toxoplasma gondii is a fascinating parasite. Replicating only in cat intestines, it is excreted in feces and subsequently spreads to many other organisms, not just felines. Inside these critters, it winds its way to the brain and transforms into numerous cysts, patiently waiting to return to its desired nine-lived host. But, though dormant, it is not entirely inert. T. gondii actually alters its host's behavior. Mice, for example, grow less fearful of cats, making them easier prey. Just like T. gondii wanted...
Humans are also affected by T. gondii. About one in ten Americans and a third of people globally host the parasite. And yes, it seems to sneakily mess with our minds, too. Studies suggest that infested humans have ever-so-slightly impaired motor skills, undertake additional risks, and get into more automotive accidents. The parasite's presence is also linked to an elevated risk of schizophrenia.
Curiously, as as new study published in PeerJ finds, T. gondii may also change humans' physical appearance. An international team turned up a link between a latent infection and facial attractiveness. The researchers recruited 213 healthy college students at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, all of whom had previously been tested for T. gondii. Thirty-five subjects (22 men and 13 women) had the parasite, while 178 (86 men and 92 women) did not. The researchers then asked the subjects various questions and took pictures of their faces.
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I’m looking for a blind nymphomaniac that owns a bar and has a flat head😃
LOL!!
Don’t forget the golf ball/hose and harley thing.
;)
Another side effect of tox is that is makes those infected find the smell of cat urine pleasant rather than disgusting. This is also why cat ladies can live in a house with dozens of cats without being sickened by the smell.
According to the CDC, it’s also the leading cause of foodborne death in the US.
Yoo Hoo. I’m over here. Have not been without a cat for the last 40 years. Fellow in my apt complex says I’m the best looking woman here.
Any of you guys with big bucks want an 84-yr-old girlfriend?
Gf wants a boob job so I told her to rub toilet paper between her boobs. She wanted to know how the hell that was gonna help.
I told her look what I did to your ass.
Man hospital food sucks!
LOL
This is a parasite. Ivermectin kills parasites. I wonder if it looks this particular parasite.
My first thoughts as well.
So this is why I cough up the occasional hairball.
>It appears my VPN doesn’t like that site
More likely that site doesn’t like your VPN
I can see it now. A new fad of eating the litter box crap to become a fearless super hero that also has balanced facial features.
Here, cat lady, cat lady. Here, cat lady...
It is possible emotionally warm women are (understandably) seen as more attractive, while their warmth has also drawn them to cats and to exposure to the infection.
Thus the study may show correlation, but not necessarily causation.
> My old crazy cat lady neighbor has it.
Do you mean your HOT old crazy cat lady neighbor?
No
Wouldn’t Ivermectin kill this parasite?
So do they treat people with toxoplasmosis?
And harms in utero infants
Cat crap goggles...?
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