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Do they?
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10/24/19 12:07 PM
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Do Opossum eat ticks? That is the big subject now. Don't kill possums because they eat ticks.
To Old U.S. Army 60-63 SGT.
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Re: Do they?
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10/24/19 01:26 PM
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BigBob
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Maybe that's where that green gunk comes from!
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor.
Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
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10/24/19 01:44 PM
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KeithC
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Opossums are not actively seeking out and eating ticks. Opossums are just more likely to eat ticks that bite them than many other mammals. Opossums eat the ticks as they find them, while grooming themselves. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/opossums-kill-ticks-inhibit-the-spread-of-lyme-disease/Opossums carry lots of disease and parasites, even with their relatively low body temperature. I give opossums to a professor at Wilmington College in Ohio, Elliott Zieman, who is studying the diseases and parasites opossums carry in Ohio. Elliott has found Bubonic Plague in Ohio opossums. Elliott did a disease and parasite study on Ohio bobcats too. Keith
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