They don't scream, they have a low-grade hiss. That's got to be the quietest animals I've come in contact with.
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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.
I'm so disappointed because I had a tick on me recently and it was horrible
You may be lucky enough not to know that when ticks feed, their bodies expand and they get rounder and rounder (see Figure 4) until they can’t consume another drop and they drop off, a process called ‘feeding to repletion.’
Oh. So glad I know that phrase now. :|
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.