TTylerdurdon lemmy.world12Hide 12 repliesThey don't scream, they have a low-grade hiss. That's got to be the quietest animals I've come in contact with.29Reply
CChestnut replylemmy.world11Hide 11 repliesThey also don't eat ticks https://outdoor.wildlifeillinois.org/articles/debunking-the-myth-opossums-dont-eat-ticks37Reply
TTylerdurdon replylemmy.worldWe're just going to have to get our marsupial facts elsewhere from now on, jeez.7Reply
perishthethought replylemm.ee 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. :|4Reply
spicy pancake replylemmy.zipI'm so disappointed because I had a tick on me recently and it was horrible4Reply
Track_Shovel replyslrpnk.net3Hide 3 repliesI know, but sir, this is a wendy's. I'm just here spreading possum memes because I like them3Reply
CChestnut replylemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesTrue possum memes are cooler than ones that are misinformed!3Reply
AnUnusualRelic replylemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesSo, does anything actually eat ticks? Anyone knows?1Reply
CChestnut replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyhttps://extension.umaine.edu/ticks/management/biological-control/ None that specialize in them so most aren't good tick deterrents1Reply
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They don't scream, they have a low-grade hiss. That's got to be the quietest animals I've come in contact with.
They also don't eat ticks
https://outdoor.wildlifeillinois.org/articles/debunking-the-myth-opossums-dont-eat-ticks
wth OP?
Is anything real anymore?!~?!?1
We're just going to have to get our marsupial facts elsewhere from now on, jeez.
Oh. So glad I know that phrase now. :|
I'm so disappointed because I had a tick on me recently and it was horrible
I know, but sir, this is a wendy's. I'm just here spreading possum memes because I like them
True possum memes are cooler than ones that are misinformed!
You’re learning!
So, does anything actually eat ticks? Anyone knows?
https://extension.umaine.edu/ticks/management/biological-control/
None that specialize in them so most aren't good tick deterrents
Apparently, fungi will save us once again.