Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures cover
Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures
by Carl Zimmer
ISBN: 9780743200110
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gurkendoktor · 2013-10-29 · Original thread
We are safe not just thanks to reason in our social behaviour, but also our hygiene:

http://www.amazon.com/Parasite-Rex-Bizarre-Dangerous-Creatur...

I thought that anyone who has raised a cat knows that animals are jerks (playing with bleeding mice for hours and all), but I was shocked by the added layer of terribleness from parasites in almost all species.