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Re: Are Possums Good or Bad to Have Around?

One thing about possums that has been in the news lately is that opossums can help clear your yard of ticks. Apparently when the tick lands on the opossum, the animal licks it off and eats it. Other warm blooded animals don't do that very much, so the tick when full just drops off and goes on to bite you. One possum can get rid of thousands of ticks in a season.

https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/stor ... /70221442/
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Ha. Thats kind of interesting... A MOBILE live bait-and-trap-and destroy :lol: Imagine if it was turned into a business like clearing weeds with goats LOL

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Horse people tend to dislike possums. I think that the possums do something bad to their horses.
I see them in my yard once in a while. They are mild mannered.
There used to be an 800 number to call for possum assistance. An insurance woman who loved possums. It was different.



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