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Mind Control Parasites in Half of All Humans

Posted by Zonk on from the it's-in-me-mind! dept.

iiii writes "According to a Yahoo News story, half of the world's human population is infected with Toxoplasma, a parasite shown to alter the brain function of rats, inducing them into behavior that benefits the parasite but is suicidal for the rat. So what affect does it have on humans? Article comes complete with Heinlein 'Puppet Masters' reference. I call dibs on using Toxoplasma as a name for my rock band."

3 of 625 comments (clear)

  1. Nothing to see here... by brian0918 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Move along.

  2. Re:just a new name by KinkyClown · · Score: 0, Troll

    I thought they where called 'Americans', it would explain the choice for Bush...

  3. antipsychotics by subtropolis · · Score: 1, Troll

    So it lives in Republicans, then...

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    "Our interests are to see if we can't scale it up to something more exciting," he said.