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[–] moakley@lemmy.world 200 points 2 days ago (12 children)

When I got a lawn, I didn't do anything to it. It gets mowed every two weeks, but that's it. After a particularly nasty drought most of the grass died. A few months later, clover started popping up on its own. It's much better than grass, and now a bunny likes to visit us.

[–] DahGangalang 23 points 2 days ago (8 children)

We get lots of bunny visitors at my place as well, but I noticed a couple have crazy big ticks around their ears. Luckily we haven't gotten any in the house or anything, but has def made me less "pro-bunny" lately.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 28 points 2 days ago (6 children)

That shouldn't make you less pro-bunny. It should make you more pro-possum. It's an ecosystem. We threw it out of wack, but there are things that help keep tick populations down.

[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Possums don't actually eat ticks (but we should still be pro-possum for other environmental reasons)

https://outdoor.wildlifeillinois.org/articles/debunking-the-myth-opossums-dont-eat-ticks

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Turns out they will eat ticks in a study that only fed them ticks.

And they don't even have proof that they ate those ticks- odds are the ticks were all embedded in their skin lol

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