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Ten Reasons to Love Opossums - Bites @ Animal Planet
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The tick thing alone is worth a smile when you see an opossum climbing your fence at night. An Overview of Tick-Borne Diseases - Critical Needs and Gaps in Understanding Prevention, Amelioration, and Resolution of Lyme and Other Tick-Borne Diseases - NCBI Bookshelf Not an exact quote but my approximation from link. Quote:
Understanding Rabies : The Humane Society of the United States Quote:
Lots of information and links to affirm. Denim and Tweed: Snake-eating opossums have evolved venom-resistant blood |
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I love possums. One played possum in my barn last winter when i startled it. It really did look dead and was not there and when I came back later. A possum had babies in my barn once too. They were very cute.
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Great info. Thanks, Gloria.
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Here is a bit more back up for those numbers with graphs and further explanation.
Lyme Disease: The Ecology of a Complex System By Richard Ostfeld Page 128- Lyme Disease: The Ecology of a Complex System - Richard Ostfeld - Google Books |
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It's nice to know possums are so beneficial. I really like that they eat ticks.
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Yes, it is great that the opossum eat so many ticks. Not so many around here because ticks are not as much of an urban problem but I spend a lot of time walking areas that could be heavily infested with ticks. Nice to know that diversity in mammals makes a difference in the % of ticks that survive, actually being infected with Lyme Disease.
Opossum can look a bit scary if baring those numerous teeth. I have seen them captured and snarling. Old city survivors look awful but I'm not afraid, just keeping my distance...lol. |
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Glad you don't see many ticks Gloria. I am not that lucky. I have had lyme disease and find ticks on me every spring. I used to see possums more when I was working full time and went to the barn at 4:30am. I would see them around the bird feeders eating the seed that spilled. They were never aggressive. It was more like we were both fascinated with each other.
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![]() Yes, I think the babies can be cute, but the adults have often looked rather "dirty" to me--nice to know that they are so fastidious.
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The link you shared about Opossums Gloria is also being shared on facebook. Glad to see that.
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In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle Last edited by EllenW; 10-05-2014 at 01:05 PM. Reason: addition |
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