Everyone on ‘Tiger King’ Is Bonkers. Is a Parasite to Blame?

A scientist discusses Toxoplasma — a possible cause for the bizarre behaviors

Bill Sullivan Jr
Elemental
Published in
5 min readApr 2, 2020

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The following article contains minor spoilers for the Netflix docuseries Tiger King.

“T“Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness is a docuseries on Netflix that is taking the (currently house-bound) world by…

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Bill Sullivan Jr
Elemental

Bill Sullivan is the author of “Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are” (National Geographic Books).