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[-] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 31 points 7 months 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 7 months ago

They also don't eat ticks

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

[-] perishthethought@lemm.ee 19 points 7 months ago

wth OP?

Is anything real anymore?!~?!?1

[-] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

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

[-] perishthethought@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months 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 7 months ago

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

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 3 points 7 months 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 7 months ago

True possum memes are cooler than ones that are misinformed!

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

So, does anything actually eat ticks? Anyone knows?

[-] Chestnut@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months 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 7 months ago

Apparently, fungi will save us once again.

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