Lee Duna to [email protected]English • 10 months agoAn Invasive Tick That Can Clone Itself Is Spreading Across the U.S., Threatening Livestockwww.smithsonianmag.commessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1162starcopymore-verticalflagCreate ReportslashBlock usercross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink16•10 months ago you cannot spray your way out of an infestation OK, so what other options are there? arrow-up116file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink15•10 months agoBreed opossums and unleash them upon the local area arrow-up115file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-squareCaptain Janewaylinkfedilink7•10 months agoI’ve heard that opossums don’t actually eat that many ticks. arrow-up18file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•10 months agoOkay, no opposums, no snakes on this convo branch. how about a shit ton of guinea fowl? arrow-up14file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-squareCaptain Janewaylinkfedilink2•10 months agoLol I mean I’ll do anything to get rid of ticks. They freak me out. arrow-up12file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-210 months agoThat just means we need more opossums, and I fail to see the downside arrow-up11file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•10 months agoThen we’ll have to breed a predator to care of the opossum problem … arrow-up12file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•10 months agoOkay? I got this. How do we feel about snakes? arrow-up13file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•10 months agoWhat about flamethrowers? arrow-up16file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•10 months agoWelcome and praise our new tick overlords with a blood offering. arrow-up14file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•10 months agoPopping! arrow-up13file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•10 months agoMost likely, find their natural predators and diseases to control the ticks. arrow-up12file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
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.