These goddamn things are there only animal I know that really eats wood ticks. Yes, I know, you think possums do too. They don't, unless it's the only thing you feed them.
You have crushed one thing that I admired opposums for based on misinformation, but they are still cool!
It looks like the tick myth came from a research study where they assumed the opposums were eating ticks, but may have just not bled fast enough for thr ticks to be full and drop off.
These goddamn things are there only animal I know that really eats wood ticks. Yes, I know, you think possums do too. They don't, unless it's the only thing you feed them.
You have crushed one thing that I admired opposums for based on misinformation, but they are still cool!
It looks like the tick myth came from a research study where they assumed the opposums were eating ticks, but may have just not bled fast enough for thr ticks to be full and drop off.
https://outdoor.wildlifeillinois.org/articles/debunking-the-myth-opossums-dont-eat-ticks