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In one such new study, researchers found that men and women infected by the parasite ended up being rated as more attractive and healthier-looking than non-infected individuals.

Aha, see, it's not that I'm ugly, I'm just not infected by the right parasite!

In addition, women carrying the parasite were found to have lower body mass and lower BMI than non-infected women,

Well, guess we can predict the next weight loss fad.

That said, all of this is speculation at this point,

Nooooooooooo, it's on the internet now, it must be true!!!!

The theory is that it can alter the phenotype of people!

Finally I could become a beautiful Asian woman with blonde hair and blue eyes!

No, wait! Purple hair, one eye yellow, the other green, blue or purple depending on my mood.

And huge knockers. Enough to make sexy cyborg's jaw drop.

Oh wait, hold on a minute! I didn't mean it! I was just kidding guys! Stop touching me! C'mon that's rape! Stop thinking about being inside me and fulfilling every disgusting offensive desire of yours!

No! See I'm just another 200lb guy with a tiny penis! See! I'm cool! Your cool. I'm Cool if you're cool, are you cool? Cuz I'm cool. Let's all forget this episode.

Oh who am I kidding! C'mon, big guys let's get this done. Let's see if we can all get our tensions out in the open and work them to a relaxing tone. That's it. All good. Relax. Breath.

Ok so i presume they controlled for this but given

sexually transmitted parasites, such as T. gondii

and the more attractive people had a

higher number of sexual partners

Weren’t they more likely to get it anyway? Especially if they self-select amongst the similarly attractive sexual partners?

Gimme the parasite that makes me irresistible to everyone! 🥺

I knew it was going to be Toxoplasma gondii.

I mean I thought Baldurs Gate 3 was excellent too.

Good try RFK's brainworm.

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"It is possible that the apparently non-pathological and potentially beneficial interactions between T. gondii and some of its intermediate hosts, such as rats and humans, are the result of co-evolutionary strategies that benefit, or at least do not harm, the fitness of both the parasite and the host," the researchers write.

I'm looking forward to reports of infection parties.

That's the plot of a lower decks episode

spoiler

This guy gets Boimler a girlfriend

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So it may actually be a mind-altering symbiote?

Did the parasite also give humankind the ability to speak languages?

is it really a parasite if you dont really lose anything and get something positive from it?

guess its time for me to drink some pond water

Resident Evil 4 confirmed

Wasn't that also the case for Syphilis?

It’s a fact that old cat people become more beautiful with age

I swear to satan I saw an amazon trailer for something like this.

That’s not a parasite, that’s my wingman.

I found the uninfected people more attractive. Guess it doesn't work on me. 🤷

Yo, can I get some of them PAR-A-SITES?