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[-] LordGimp@lemm.ee 31 points 14 hours ago

They do eat to ticks, but they're resistant to Lyme disease, not rabies. It's not that opossum hunt ticks or anything, they're just real good at grooming, and as ticks are real good at sticking to furry critters, opossum naturally end up fighting both ticks numbers and Lyme disease incidents.

So, yeah, same same but different.

[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 42 points 18 hours ago

Three vaginas instead of immunity to rabies seems like a bad trade.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 10 hours ago

I have dreamt of having three vaginas before; I've never dreamt about being immune to rabies. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 19 points 16 hours ago

I dunno, as a human, I enjoy my vagina a fair bit, and rabies has never been a problem. Id go for this choice too.

Unless it comes with 3 uterusses too, in which case I'd rather eat ticks.

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 21 points 15 hours ago
[-] bhamlin@lemmy.world 9 points 13 hours ago

That's my secret. I'm always perioding.

[-] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

That's called a bipolar disorder, welcome to the club.

[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

But hey on the upside you give birth to extremely tiny babies and then raise them in a pouch!

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Sure, if you just focus on the rabies. But if you invest based on the vagina to rabies ratio, you'll see good returns.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 15 hours ago

if you invest based on the vagina to rabies ratio, you'll see good returns

Words to live by.

[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

Truly a brand new sentence

[-] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 12 points 16 hours ago

They get rabies just like anything else. However, their body temp is so low that rabies cannot survive.

[-] RejZoR@lemmy.ml 19 points 18 hours ago

I don't care if they eat ticks or have 3 vaginas, I just think possums are cool because they are just so goofy animals. Especially tiny possums clinging to mama possum as she carries them around. Or how they feign death when under attack. Or how they'll drop the sickest hiss at you whenever you see them.

[-] Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 18 points 19 hours ago

What exactly do people have against possums? I've never seen one.

[-] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Some people think they are so ugly they are cute. However, when you suddenly surprise one on a dark path in the middle of the night, they are less cute and more nightmare fuel. The "recently revived road kill" look they usually sport, along with the teeth and the hissing, and the raised claws (very much all a defensive posture, but try telling that to the shit in my pants) don't do much to endear them to people that live around them.

[-] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 20 points 18 hours ago

I just saw one two nights ago. They're just what many people would call "ugly," look dirty, and they get into trash and whatnot. I'm my experience, they're less aggressive than racoons, so I don't mind them. Really, people should properly secure their trash anyhow.

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 18 hours ago

They’re too fucking adorable and won’t attack humans. How DARE they?!

[-] Mozingo@lemmy.world 14 points 19 hours ago

"you can get rabies" makes this meme pretty confusing.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

I love possums but they, like rats (also such amazing creatures) like to move into your walls, eaves, and attics and poop and have babies. I hate and love them. Always cool to see one in the yard. America's only marsupial, right?

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

When I was a kid, I had a series of rodents, including rats. I always thought it was really cool how my rats, when walking along a tenuous surface, would wrap (or attempt to wrap) their tails around the object (usually my arm) to provide themselves security from falling.

I don't know if possums do the same, I've never encountered one, but your "amazing creatures" interjection reminded me of that.

[-] propter_hog@hexbear.net 4 points 19 hours ago

I may have inadvertently spread these two specific lies about opossums before.

[-] Kwispy@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago
[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

They eat the outdoor cat’s food, or something

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