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The Dark Truth About Cats — Countere Magazine
Immortalized on both the murals of Ancient Egypt and within the black borders of modern memes, cats have been a cultural force to be reckoned with since the beginning of time. The phenomenon of cats—our love, infatuation, and borderline addiction to them—is as obvious now as it must’ve been in Egypt, when several gods bore cats’ heads.
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One in three people are infected with Toxoplasma parasite – and the clue could be in our eyes
We looked at eye photos and found one in every 150 Australians might have scarring from a common parasitic disease.
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Crows removing ticks from kangaroos (part 2 of 5)
Hard to stop watching these.
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Study finds ticks choose humans over dogs when temperature rises
Confining a young researcher in one box and a dog in another and unleashing blood-sucking ticks to scamper between the boxes sounds like a stunt from I’m A Celebrity.
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An attack on stomach bacteria cuts the risk of one of the deadliest cancers
Ridding the gut of the ulcer-causing bacterium Helicobacter pylori could prevent stomach cancer in people with a family history of the disease. H. pylori infects more than half of all people, and has been linked to peptic ulcers and gastric cancer, which kills more people worldwide than all but two other cancers.
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Dinosaurs had feathers ruffled by parasites, study finds
Dinosaurs may have been fearsome and intimidating creatures that dominated the prehistoric earth – but it did not stop them having their feathers ruffled by parasites, researchers have found.
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Wasps: If you can't love them, at least admire them
They get a bad press compared with bees and beetles, but wasps are truly remarkable creatures. Want to know the best way to kill a cockroach? Well, first inject some powerful neurotoxins directly into its brain. This will make the bug compliant; it won't try to fly away and will bend to your will. Second, slice off one of its antennae and drink the goo that comes out. For snack purposes, you understand.
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What you need to know about Asian longhorned ticks - A new tick in the United States | Ticks | CDC
Information on ticks and tickborne disease. Provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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We need worms
You might think they are disgusting. But our war against intestinal worms has damaged our immune systems and mental health. By William Parker.
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Dr. Donald Hopkins helped wipe smallpox from the planet. He won't rest until he's done the same for Guinea worm disease.
At an open-air hospital in northern Ghana, Donald Hopkins watched a small girl endure a medical ordeal unseen in the United States. It was 2007, and four-year-old Rafia Fusseini was getting treated for Guinea worm, a parasite that infected her after she drank contaminated water and then grew inside her body. Now it was burrowing out through her skin. Rafia sat on a chair, dressed in a blue-and-red print blouse...
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Roaches Kick Wasps in the Head to Avoid Becoming Zombies
Cockroaches use defensive moves against "zombifying" parasitic wasps. By Mindy Weisberger.
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'Amazing' News About The Awful Guinea Worm
Scratch another Guinea worm hot spot off the list. One of the countries hardest hit with the parasite — South Sudan — has finally stopped transmission, the Carter Center announced Wednesday. The country reported zero cases in 2017 and hasn't had a case in 15 months. There are also no signs Guinea worm is circulating in dogs in South Sudan, as it is in Chad and Mali.
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Using human head lice to unravel neglect and cause of death
Despite the common association of human lice with abandoned or neglected people, no procedure to assess pediculosis, aimed to detect signs of neglect, exists. Investigating the two most common forms of head louse infestation, regular and severe, we define lice-markers of neglect and develop a protocol and survey form to record and assess pediculosis. The study of head lice from a deceased victim of neglect helped unravel time-length since death, frequency of exposure to neglect and the cause and circumstances related to the death. Nit-clusters are markers of neglect, indicating length and frequency of neglect episodes.
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Infected ‘Zombie Spiders’ Forced to Build Incubation Chambers for Their Parasitic Overlords
Parasites that control the behavior of their hosts for their own benefit are a well-documented natural phenomenon, but the discovery of a previously unknown relationship between a parasitic wasp and a social spider is particularly upsetting.
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Gut worms may be healthy - research
The research, published in Mucosal Immunology, found that the presence of intestinal parasites provides long-lasting protection against infection from other species of parasites in other organs. The Malaghan Institute of Medical Research's Dr Kara Filbey, said worms had evolved to manipulate their host's immune system, to prevent it from killing them.
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Climate change, overharvesting may doom a pricey parasite
A parasitic fungus that grows wild throughout the Himalayas and sells for more than its weight in gold could vanish if current harvesting and climate trends continue, according to new research from Stanford University.
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This Freaky Parasitic Vine Preys on Parasitic Wasps, And We Just Can't Deal
Parasitic gall wasps have some of the freshest cribs nature has to offer.
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Is This Fungus Using a Virus To Control An Animal's Mind?
An unusual detective story. By Ed Yong.
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Business students more likely to have a brain parasite spread by cats
An analysis of students in the US has found that those who have a certain type of brain parasite are more likely to be majoring in business studies. Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite carried by cats. It can infect people through contact with cat faeces, poorly cooked meat, or contaminated water, and as many as one-third of the world’s population may be infected.
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Meet the tick that’s forcing Americans to give up their meat
Lone star ticks hunt in packs and spread an allergy to beef and pork. Thanks to climate change, they’re spreading. By Zoya Teirstein.
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