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They also don't eat ticks
https://outdoor.wildlifeillinois.org/articles/debunking-the-myth-opossums-dont-eat-ticks
wth OP?
Is anything real anymore?!~?!?1
We're just going to have to get our marsupial facts elsewhere from now on, jeez.
Oh. So glad I know that phrase now. :|
I'm so disappointed because I had a tick on me recently and it was horrible
I know, but sir, this is a wendy's. I'm just here spreading possum memes because I like them
True possum memes are cooler than ones that are misinformed!
You’re learning!
So, does anything actually eat ticks? Anyone knows?
https://extension.umaine.edu/ticks/management/biological-control/
None that specialize in them so most aren't good tick deterrents
Apparently, fungi will save us once again.