@silence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 days ago‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisiswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: usa@lemmy.mlcanada@lemmy.caclimate@slrpnk.net
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Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them
minus-square@moakley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•10 days agoOne time I saw a lone star tick crawl into the headphone jack of my phone. I tried everything I could think of to get it out, to no avail. Then I googled two things: What eats ticks? Guinea hen mating sounds After fifteen seconds of guinea hen sounds, I watched the tick crawl out of my phone… and immediately disappear.
minus-square@CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglish3•10 days agoOh buddy, you should have killed it. ☹️ Stomped it out. Not only is there the meat allergy thing, but idk, they can probably still carry Lyme Disease & that’s a real bitch.
minus-square@pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilink2•10 days agoI assume they would have, if it didn’t immediately disappear
minus-square@CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink3•10 days agoThe tick is now living outside of the environment.
One time I saw a lone star tick crawl into the headphone jack of my phone.
I tried everything I could think of to get it out, to no avail. Then I googled two things:
What eats ticks?
Guinea hen mating sounds
After fifteen seconds of guinea hen sounds, I watched the tick crawl out of my phone… and immediately disappear.
Oh buddy, you should have killed it. ☹️ Stomped it out. Not only is there the meat allergy thing, but idk, they can probably still carry Lyme Disease & that’s a real bitch.
I assume they would have, if it didn’t immediately disappear
The tick is now living outside of the environment.