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[-] Chestnut@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago

They also don't eat ticks

https://outdoor.wildlifeillinois.org/articles/debunking-the-myth-opossums-dont-eat-ticks

[-] perishthethought@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago

wth OP?

Is anything real anymore?!~?!?1

[-] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

We're just going to have to get our marsupial facts elsewhere from now on, jeez.

[-] perishthethought@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

You may be lucky enough not to know that when ticks feed, their bodies expand and they get rounder and rounder (see Figure 4) until they can’t consume another drop and they drop off, a process called ‘feeding to repletion.’

Oh. So glad I know that phrase now. :|

[-] janus2@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago

I'm so disappointed because I had a tick on me recently and it was horrible

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago

I know, but sir, this is a wendy's. I'm just here spreading possum memes because I like them

[-] Chestnut@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

True possum memes are cooler than ones that are misinformed!

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

So, does anything actually eat ticks? Anyone knows?

[-] Chestnut@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

https://extension.umaine.edu/ticks/management/biological-control/

None that specialize in them so most aren't good tick deterrents

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Apparently, fungi will save us once again.

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