ickplant@lemmy.worldM to Opossums@lemmy.world · edit-22 个月前Opossum Fact: Opossums do not eat tickslemmy.worldimagemessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up1267arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1265arrow-down1imageOpossum Fact: Opossums do not eat tickslemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.worldM to Opossums@lemmy.world · edit-22 个月前message-square46linkfedilinkfile-text
Source (a fascinating read): https://outdoor.wildlifeillinois.org/articles/debunking-the-myth-opossums-dont-eat-ticks
minus-squareI_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up48·2 个月前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/
minus-squaremystrawberrymind@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 个月前This 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-down1·2 个月前My best fence lizard pic. They’re friends!
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 个月前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
minus-squareI_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 个月前Oh no… it’s been 12 hrs… You alright?
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 个月前 You alright? i mean this is me we’re talking about.
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 个月前Oh, no, that part actually means you need to have lizard ancestry. A common misconception.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 个月前fuck. i merely tried injecting ground lizard tail. i, uh, had an interesting few hours.
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 个月前That could still work. Depends on where you injected it.
minus-squarehumble_boatsman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 个月前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?
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?