Bringing my comments over from the other submission: Not just wolves. Toxoplasma infection also "may make people look more attractive to the opposite sex": htt

Bringing my comments over from the other submission: Not just wolves. Toxoplasma infection also "may make people look more attractive to the opposite sex": https://www.earth.com/news/parasite-makes-infected-people-lo https://www.earth.com/news/parasite-makes-infected-people-lo... Is this because it increases risk-taking behavior? Who knows, but it's interesting that something with potentially significant health drawbacks may have enough benefits that it's evolved to coexist with us (up to 50% of people carry it). Overall, it looks increasingly like microbes shape our behavior and emotional health: https://www.science.org/content/article/evidence-mounts-gut- https://www.science.org/content/article/evidence-mounts-gut-...