ickplant@lemmy.worldM to Opossums@lemmy.world · edit-24 months agoOpossum Fact: Opossums do not eat tickslemmy.worldimagemessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up1268arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1266arrow-down1imageOpossum Fact: Opossums do not eat tickslemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.worldM to Opossums@lemmy.world · edit-24 months agomessage-square46linkfedilinkfile-text
Source (a fascinating read): https://outdoor.wildlifeillinois.org/articles/debunking-the-myth-opossums-dont-eat-ticks
minus-squareI_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up48·4 months agoIf you’re on the US west coast, Western Fence Lizards are your Lyme disease fighting heroes. https://daily.jstor.org/theres-something-about-lizard-blood/
minus-squaremystrawberrymind@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 months agoThis is so amazing, my mind is blown!! Gonna share this with everybody. Also that lizard pic as if it’s laughing is perfect😁
minus-squareI_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down1·4 months agoMy best fence lizard pic. They’re friends!
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoso about lizard blood. do i have to eat the lizard blood or get the lizard blood on me to become immune to limeys i have a fight with a british man in six hours so it’s somewhat urgent
minus-squareI_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoOh no… it’s been 12 hrs… You alright?
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months ago You alright? i mean this is me we’re talking about.
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoOh, no, that part actually means you need to have lizard ancestry. A common misconception.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agofuck. i merely tried injecting ground lizard tail. i, uh, had an interesting few hours.
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoThat could still work. Depends on where you injected it.
minus-squarehumble_boatsman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoThe very end of this article states possums are immune to Lyme disease and will pop them like m&ms when attacked… Are possums not the same as opossums?
If you’re on the US west coast, Western Fence Lizards are your Lyme disease fighting heroes.
https://daily.jstor.org/theres-something-about-lizard-blood/
This is so amazing, my mind is blown!! Gonna share this with everybody. Also that lizard pic as if it’s laughing is perfect😁
My best fence lizard pic. They’re friends!
Too cute! :)
so about lizard blood. do i have to eat the lizard blood or get the lizard blood on me to become immune to limeys
i have a fight with a british man in six hours so it’s somewhat urgent
Oh no… it’s been 12 hrs…
You alright?
i mean this is me we’re talking about.
Oh, no, that part actually means you need to have lizard ancestry. A common misconception.
fuck. i merely tried injecting ground lizard tail. i, uh, had an interesting few hours.
That could still work. Depends on where you injected it.
The very end of this article states possums are immune to Lyme disease and will pop them like m&ms when attacked… Are possums not the same as opossums?