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[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 30 points 6 days ago

That shouldn't make you less pro-bunny. It should make you more pro-possum. It's an ecosystem. We threw it out of wack, but there are things that help keep tick populations down.

[-] TherapyGary 19 points 6 days ago

Possums don't actually eat ticks (but we should still be pro-possum for other environmental reasons)

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

[-] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 19 points 6 days ago

Turns out they will eat ticks in a study that only fed them ticks.

[-] TherapyGary 9 points 6 days ago

And they don't even have proof that they ate those ticks- odds are the ticks were all embedded in their skin lol

[-] fireweed@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Unfortunately the thing about opossums, as well as chickens and guinea fowl, being tick control may not be empirically supported.

https://extension.psu.edu/do-chickens-guinea-fowl-or-opossums-control-ticks

I would love to be proven wrong if anyone else has other info :(

[-] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 2 points 5 days ago

Don't want to say where I'm at, but we don't really have possums in my area :/

[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Also chicken right?

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