Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoAn Invasive Tick That Can Clone Itself Is Spreading Across the U.S., Threatening Livestockwww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down10
arrow-up1164arrow-down1external-linkAn Invasive Tick That Can Clone Itself Is Spreading Across the U.S., Threatening Livestockwww.smithsonianmag.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareSendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·11 months ago you cannot spray your way out of an infestation OK, so what other options are there?
minus-squareKalothar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up15·11 months agoBreed opossums and unleash them upon the local area
minus-squareCaptain Janeway@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·11 months agoI’ve heard that opossums don’t actually eat that many ticks.
minus-squareKalothar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoOkay, no opposums, no snakes on this convo branch. how about a shit ton of guinea fowl?
minus-squareCaptain Janeway@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoLol I mean I’ll do anything to get rid of ticks. They freak me out.
minus-squarepiecat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-211 months agoThat just means we need more opossums, and I fail to see the downside
minus-squareRodeo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoThen we’ll have to breed a predator to care of the opossum problem …
minus-squareKalothar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoOkay? I got this. How do we feel about snakes?
minus-squareRaiderkev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoWelcome and praise our new tick overlords with a blood offering.
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minus-squarerayyy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months 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.