- A rare and unusually powerful strain of a parasite commonly found in cat feces killed four otters on the California coast, a finding researchers described Wednesday as unprecedented and potentially dangerous to humans and other animals.
- researchers described the preliminary findings in a news release as a “complete surprise” and said the rare strain of the parasite, known as Toxoplasma gondii, has never before been seen in sea otters or any other aquatic mammal or bird.
