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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.

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TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Possums don’t actually eat ticks (but we should still be pro-possum for other environmental reasons)

…wildlifeillinois.org/…/debunking-the-myth-opossu…

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- onslaught545@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Turns out they will eat ticks in a study that only fed them ticks.
  
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  - TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨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
    
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fireweed@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Unfortunately the thing about opossums, as well as chickens and guinea fowl, being tick control may not be empirically supported.

…psu.edu/do-chickens-guinea-fowl-or-opossums-cont…

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

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kameecoding@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Also chicken right?

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DahGangalang@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Don’t want to say where I’m at, but we don’t really have possums in my area :/

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