Lee Duna to [email protected]English • 1 year agoAn Invasive Tick That Can Clone Itself Is Spreading Across the U.S., Threatening Livestockwww.smithsonianmag.commessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1162cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1162external-linkAn Invasive Tick That Can Clone Itself Is Spreading Across the U.S., Threatening Livestockwww.smithsonianmag.comLee Duna to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square33fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink16•1 year ago you cannot spray your way out of an infestation OK, so what other options are there?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink15•1 year agoBreed opossums and unleash them upon the local area
minus-squareCaptain Janewaylinkfedilink7•1 year agoI’ve heard that opossums don’t actually eat that many ticks.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•1 year agoOkay, no opposums, no snakes on this convo branch. how about a shit ton of guinea fowl?
minus-squareCaptain Janewaylinkfedilink2•1 year agoLol I mean I’ll do anything to get rid of ticks. They freak me out.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-21 year agoThat just means we need more opossums, and I fail to see the downside
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agoThen we’ll have to breed a predator to care of the opossum problem …
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•1 year agoWelcome and praise our new tick overlords with a blood offering.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agoMost likely, find their natural predators and diseases to control the ticks.
OK, so what other options are there?
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?
What about flamethrowers?
Welcome and praise our new tick overlords with a blood offering.
Popping!
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Most likely, find their natural predators and diseases to control the ticks.