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.29
CChestnut replylemmy.world11Hide 11 repliesThey also don't eat ticks https://outdoor.wildlifeillinois.org/articles/debunking-the-myth-opossums-dont-eat-ticks37
TTylerdurdon replylemmy.worldWe're just going to have to get our marsupial facts elsewhere from now on, jeez.7
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. :|4
spicy pancake replylemmy.zipI'm so disappointed because I had a tick on me recently and it was horrible4
Track_Shovel replyslrpnk.net3Hide 3 repliesI know, but sir, this is a wendy's. I'm just here spreading possum memes because I like them3
CChestnut replylemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesTrue possum memes are cooler than ones that are misinformed!3
CChestnut replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyhttps://extension.umaine.edu/ticks/management/biological-control/ None that specialize in them so most aren't good tick deterrents1
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.