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2y ago

An Invasive Tick That Can Clone Itself Is Spreading Across the U.S., Threatening Livestock

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An Invasive Tick That Can Clone Itself Is Spreading Across the U.S., Threatening Livestock

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2y ago

An Invasive Tick That Can Clone Itself Is Spreading Across the U.S.

www.smithsonianmag.com /smart-news/an-invasive-tick-that-can-clone-itself-is-spreading-across-us-threatening-livestock-180983323/

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Marjorie Taylor Greene hears about an Asian tick invasion and says this justifies why TikTok should be banned.
- Ya she wants to make sure she's the biggest parasite in America
- I mean it should be banned
  
  How would you ban it?
  
  Why is it any worse than any other commercial social media company? Unless you mean they should all be banned.
you cannot spray your way out of an infestation
OK, so what other options are there?
- Breed opossums and unleash them upon the local area
  
  I've heard that opossums don't actually eat that many ticks.
  
  Then we'll have to breed a predator to care of the opossum problem ....
- What about flamethrowers?
- Welcome and praise our new tick overlords with a blood offering.
- Most likely, find their natural predators and diseases to control the ticks.
Wow. That is a crazy tick.
- Enough of them can suck a cow dry of blood! Insane!
  
  I thought you were joking. Then I read the article. Crazy!

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