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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (31857)	1/28/2009 1:27:15 PM
From: TimF	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Acorn is like a parasite, it seeks (lobbies for) nutrients (money) from its host (directly the government, or indirectly the people), then it uses these nutrients to get stronger, enabling it to take more. And like some parasites it changes the actions of its host (lobbies for changes in government policy) to help it rather than the host ----- It has been found that the parasite has the ability to change the behavior of its host: infected rats and mice are less fearful of cats — in fact, some of the infected rats seek out cat-urine-marked areas. This effect is advantageous to the parasite, which will be able to sexually reproduce if its host is eaten by a cat.[14] The mechanism for this change is not completely understood, but there is evidence that toxoplasmosis infection raises dopamine levels and concentrates in the amygdala in infected mice. en.wikipedia.org