Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前An Invasive Tick That Can Clone Itself Is Spreading Across the U.S., Threatening Livestockwww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down10cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1159arrow-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 · 1 年前message-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
minus-squareKalothar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 年前Breed opossums and unleash them upon the local area
minus-squareCaptain Janeway@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 年前I’ve heard that opossums don’t actually eat that many ticks.
minus-squareKalothar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 年前Okay, no opposums, no snakes on this convo branch. how about a shit ton of guinea fowl?
minus-squareCaptain Janeway@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 年前Lol I mean I’ll do anything to get rid of ticks. They freak me out.
minus-squarepiecat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 年前That just means we need more opossums, and I fail to see the downside
minus-squareRodeo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 年前Then we’ll have to breed a predator to care of the opossum problem …
minus-squareKalothar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 年前Okay? I got this. How do we feel about snakes?
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?