Cat Parasite Infects Arctic Belugas, Experts Blame Climate Change For Emergence Of Toxoplasma Gondii In Whales

A parasite that normally infects cats has been found in Arctic beluga whales, and scientists are scratching their heads over how it got there. Experts fear that climate change could be putting marine mammals, as well as the indigenous Inuit who eat their meat, at risk of contracting the potentially deadly parasite, according to the BBC.