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Why can't we delete stuff? (aussie.zone)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Possums eat ticks. It's a sacrifice I'm willing to make, ticks are awful.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Possums don't live exclusively on ticks, they don't even particularly have a penchant for eating ticks. There was just one study that showed they could eat ticks and potentially have a resistance to some diseases.

Edit: sauce - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34298355/

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Possums sure can eat some other bug/arachnoid don't need those vermin.