I first became aware of T. gondii when I was editing scientific papers at a large research university here in the South. It was an amazing discovery (to me) that a parasitic protozoa could have such an effect in the mice-cat-human chain. I began seeing all of creation in a different way, that there were possibly many other relationships between species that we humans most likely don't know about.

How clever is it that a simple protozoan parasite could use its sole tool -- the ability to infect a host (mice) -- to make its way to a more desirable host (cats), and then onward to an even more desirable host (humans)??!!

“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” -- Shakespeare (Hamlet)