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[–] 210 points 1 year ago (12 children)

When I got a lawn, I didn't do anything to it. It gets mowed every two weeks, but that's it. After a particularly nasty drought most of the grass died. A few months later, clover started popping up on its own. It's much better than grass, and now a bunny likes to visit us.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    We get lots of bunny visitors at my place as well, but I noticed a couple have crazy big ticks around their ears. Luckily we haven't gotten any in the house or anything, but has def made me less "pro-bunny" lately.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    That shouldn't make you less pro-bunny. It should make you more pro-possum. It's an ecosystem. We threw it out of wack, but there are things that help keep tick populations down.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Possums don't actually eat ticks (but we should still be pro-possum for other environmental reasons)

    https://outdoor.wildlifeillinois.org/articles/debunking-the-myth-opossums-dont-eat-ticks

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