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opossums! (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 months ago (1 children)

the tick eating is a myth, or at least severely overstated.

Here's an article about it (and links to their peer reviewed study)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What about chickens? Do they really eat ticks?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

They eat most small critters they see including ticks.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

This is hilarious, made my day

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Digging up worms and bugs and throwing them to the chickens was one of our beloved hobbies as children. It's amazing how accurate and enthusiastic those little predators are.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

He also darts out in front of you late at night after you’ve driven 6+ hours, are tired as hell, are almost home, and is damn lucky you saw him and was the only car on the road.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

The forest was there long before the road

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

They let opossums drive now?