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    The beauty parasite

    Nov 15, 2023 3 minutes

    WITHOUT PARASITES

    WITH PARASITES

    I magine that you have met a very good-looking person – one who sets your pulse racing with such an attractive face and build. You put extra effort into your conversation and take pleasure in every glance and smile. But how would you feel if you knew that the object of your attraction only looks so hot because their head and body are teeming with parasites?

    This scenario is not the product of a sci-fi writer with a vivid imagination. A new study by a team of international scientists has found.

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