Parasite infestation makes initially healthy wolves pack leaders
Parasite infestation makes initially healthy wolves pack leaders
www.nature.com Parasitic infection increases risk-taking in a social, intermediate host carnivore - Communications Biology
Wolf behavioural, spatial, and serological data over 26 years show that wolf territory overlap with areas of high cougar density is a significant predictor of T. gondii infection. Further, infection increases the likelihood that wolves make high-risk decisions such as dispersing and becoming a pack ...
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That's really trippy.