“Alpha-gal syndrome is triggered when a tick bite causes a person’s immune system to develop an allergic reaction to meat, including beef, pork or lamb.”

  • village604@adultswim.fan
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    19 hours ago

    Opossoms don’t really eat many ticks. The methodology of that study was flawed because they only fed them ticks.

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      14 hours ago


      so it turns out Statesians eat nothing but donuts. in this proposal to the IRB i would like to investigate…

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      18 hours ago

      They are predators of mosquitoes and ticks, they aren’t supersoldiers of pest control like the study implies they are however a limiter in the ecosystem along with other animals people tend to kill and not think much about. It’s cheaper and easier to educate about not killing x than to eradicate a species and eat the consequences.