Opossums: Unsung Heroes in the Fight Against Ticks and Lyme Disease

This is the best thing I have discovered this year! Source:  JANE KIRCHNER   |   JUNE 13, 2017 With the huge rise in deer tick populations and the spread of Lyme disease, many friends of wildlife are welcoming opossums into their yards. Why? Scientists have learned that opossums act like little vacuum cleaners when it comes to ticks – with a single opossum hoovering up...