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Originally posted by LessinSF

The law of unintended consequences is real. See, e.g. - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...7/MN178297.DTL (animal lover's cats are helping make sea otters extinct).

Ancient Mesopotamians discovered that the parasite killing otters, Toxoplasma gondii, actually originated in what now is called India. Under a microscope, it looks very cute, perhaps Indearing itself to researchers.

Edited because I can't speel.