silence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisiswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square184linkfedilinkarrow-up1688arrow-down113file-textcross-posted to: usa@midwest.socialusa@lemmy.mlhealth@lemmy.worldcanada@lemmy.causnews@beehaw.orgclimate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1675arrow-down1external-link‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisiswww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square184linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: usa@midwest.socialusa@lemmy.mlhealth@lemmy.worldcanada@lemmy.causnews@beehaw.orgclimate@slrpnk.net
Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them
minus-squareUlvain@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up29·2 months agoMaybe… but there were so many examples of disastrous consequences for introducing a non native species to control a pest (biological pest control), like thr cane toad in Australia, or ferrets in New Zealand, etc…
minus-squarebricklove@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·2 months ago“When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death”
minus-squareqarbone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoSo when is the government going to deliver my local squadron of tick-squashing gorillas?
Maybe… but there were so many examples of disastrous consequences for introducing a non native species to control a pest (biological pest control), like thr cane toad in Australia, or ferrets in New Zealand, etc…
“When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death”
So when is the government going to deliver my local squadron of tick-squashing gorillas?