On average, opossums eat up to 5000 ticks in a season, but they don’t contract or carry Lyme disease.

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MrslaveXxX on July 11st, 2018 at 18:41 UTC »

So i know they eat ticks, but has anybody tried squishing or killing a tick before? How exactly does the possum find those little blood suckers, and does it just crush its tiny body in its teeth before swallowing?!

dinotrux69 on July 11st, 2018 at 18:51 UTC »

I love possums, even if they look like big mangy rats. So ugly they’re cute.

VTFC on July 11st, 2018 at 18:56 UTC »

nice, can I just buy 100 of them and release them outside my house?