Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAn Invasive Tick That Can Clone Itself Is Spreading Across the U.S., Threatening Livestockwww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1165arrow-down1external-linkAn Invasive Tick That Can Clone Itself Is Spreading Across the U.S., Threatening Livestockwww.smithsonianmag.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square33fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareKalotharlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoBreed opossums and unleash them upon the local area
minus-squareCaptain Janeway@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoI’ve heard that opossums don’t actually eat that many ticks.
minus-squareKalotharlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoOkay, no opposums, no snakes on this convo branch. how about a shit ton of guinea fowl?
minus-squareCaptain Janeway@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoLol I mean I’ll do anything to get rid of ticks. They freak me out.
minus-squarepiecat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoThat just means we need more opossums, and I fail to see the downside
minus-squareRodeolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThen we’ll have to breed a predator to care of the opossum problem …
Breed opossums and unleash them upon the local area
I’ve heard that opossums don’t actually eat that many ticks.
Okay, no opposums, no snakes on this convo branch.
how about a shit ton of guinea fowl?
Lol I mean I’ll do anything to get rid of ticks. They freak me out.
That just means we need more opossums, and I fail to see the downside
Then we’ll have to breed a predator to care of the opossum problem …
Okay? I got this. How do we feel about snakes?