• MindTraveller@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    In Australia, ticks are an important apex predator. They keep mammal populations in check so they don’t eat all the food and starve.

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      6 months ago

      Here in Virginia, right outside of DC, and the ticks just give everyone Lymes. They are absolutely fucking everywhere too and it gets worse each year.