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[-] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

They don't scream, they have a low-grade hiss. That's got to be the quietest animals I've come in contact with.

[-] Chestnut@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

They also don't eat ticks

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

[-] perishthethought@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago

wth OP?

Is anything real anymore?!~?!?1

[-] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

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

[-] perishthethought@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

True possum memes are cooler than ones that are misinformed!

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

So, does anything actually eat ticks? Anyone knows?

[-] Chestnut@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

Apparently, fungi will save us once again.

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