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The parasite Toxoplasma gondii, can only reproduce in the guts of cats. The larvae infect the brains of rats, affecting the regions controlling fear, causing the rats to become fearless. They thus get eaten by cats and the cycle starts again.
Humans can also become infected by this same parasite, and in some areas nearly the entire population is infected. Scientists are studying whether there are any significant differences in these populations than others regarding personality disorder rates among other things. Those infected appear to be more reckless. It's been theorized that the parasite originally infected humans during cave man days and controlled their brains in the same way, so that we could be eaten by large predator cats (so that they can reproduce in their guts).
It makes one wonder how much we still don't know. It's possible this and maybe other parasites have infected us and changed and controlled our behavior for possibly millenia. There are fungi that infect ants and control their brains ... causing them to go to the nest where they infect other ants. There are also parasites that infect caterpillars brains and control them like puppets. Nature is awesome and sometimes very scary.
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What has the author William T Powers written?
William T. Powers has written: 'Living Control Systems II' 'Behavior' -- subject(s): Control theory, Human behavior, Human information processing, Perception, Philosophy, Psychology 'Living control systems' -- subject(s): Control theory, Human behavior, Human information processing, Perception, Philosophy, Psychology 'Behavior, the control of perception' -- subject(s): Control theory, Human behavior, Human information processing, Perception, Philosophy, Psychology, Gedrag, Comportement humain, Perception sociale, Cognitieve processen, Social Perception, Behavior, Information, Traitement de l', chez l'homme, Sociale waarneming
Can parasites be transfered human to human by airborne?
No Parasites can not be transferred by air because they are on the inside of your body
How do you continue a dream you had the night before?
it is just a human behavior that you cannot control
Does alcoholism kill human parasites?
Since enough alcohol can kill a human, I would say it would also kill parasites living in or on human.
What are some human parasites?
PILES
What is malaria parasites?
Human and animals
The process by which every feature of human behavior becomes subject to calculation measurement and control?
Rationalization
Will one day all humans be parasites?
no, parasites are just inside the human body
What are the human skills that a good manager needs?
The ability to understand, alter, lead, and control the behavior of others.
Causitive agents of human diseases?
parasites
What is malaria parasites prey?
Human and animals
Where are parasites in humans located?
Parasites may be found in, on, or within any organ of the human body. Typically the human body will have millions of microscopist parasites at any given time, most providing little or no discomfort.
