Guess what? It can infect humans too.
It seems that grey wolves are yet more victims of the strange and poorly-understoodparasite — but in their case, the effects of this brain worm seem to be driving the wolves toward leadership roles.
details how an analysis of 27 years of data found that grey wolves in Yellowstone National Park that were infected with theparasite were, like most animals who get the associated toxoplasmosis disease, driven toward risk-taking behaviors.
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