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“Red meat allergy” from tick bites is spreading both in US and globally (arstechnica.com)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/post/1116242

Woke ticks are out to turn the US South into soyboys > > (did I do that right?)

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[–] moakley@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Fun story: I once watched a lone star tick crawl into the headphone jack of my phone. After trying for hours to get it out, I did two google searches:

  • What eats ticks?

  • Guinea hen mating sounds.

Thirty seconds later, it crawled out.

[–] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Probably more effective than opossum noises

[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Hhhhhhhhhhh