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Ticks are tiny arachnids that live on blood and can cause many diseases. But one opossum can eat 5000 ticks throughout the summer, when ticks are most active. The opossum is a marsupial that lives in the Americas. It may look like a big rat, with it’s long pink tail, but a possum family could make your yard tick-free!
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Ticks spread Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia and many other diseases, but they might provide a medical use. Researchers in Austria have discovered a glue-like substance in some ticks’ saliva that help cement them onto their victims. The substance could be developed into a medical adhesive. Imagine tick-spit bandages!
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