This rat's brain is infected with a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii. Toxoplasma is known to reproduce only in cats' intestines, so it sacrifices its rat host to a prowling house cat.
This rat's brain is infected with a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii. Toxoplasma is known to reproduce only in cats' intestines, so it sacrifices its rat host to a prowling house cat.