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Raggedy and characterful: turkey vulture. These guys and other carrion eaters do such an important job, helping keep habitats tidy of dead things... Chapter 10 illustration from Death on Earth by Jules Howard out now from Bloomsbury Sigma. #weirdscience #letstalkaboutdeath #animals #juleshoward #bloomsburysigma #science #birds #vultures #illustration

This is a weird one (OK, quite a lot of what I'm posting at the moment is weird...but hear me out...). The toxoplasmosis parasite basically really wants to live inside a cat. So rats affected with the parasite seek out their predators rather than run away. Suicidal behaviour in animals is otherwise very rare (spoiler alert: lemmings aren't the animals they are made out to be!). Chapter 9 illustration from Death on Earth by Jules Howard, out now from Bloomsbury Sigma. #blackandwhite #drawing #illustration #deathonearth #juleshoward #letstalkaboutdeath #nature #naturalhistory #animals #catsandrats #weirdscience #parasites