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TimeLady34 t1_j2hnvus wrote

Reply to Location of redditors on r/vermont by Soci3talCollaps3

As a transplant from the Midwest west of the Mississippi, your options are vexing...half of the midwestern states are west of the Mississippi.

I joined after I moved - I like learning about all things Vermont.

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kingblow1 t1_j2fsqp2 wrote

Reply to How is living in Vermont? by RockLobsterCakes

Its cold, our economy is rough, housing is hard to find, and stuff is always breaking. That said, born and raised here and love it. We have every season, real maple syrup, tremendous hunting and fishing, and most people actually give a damn about one another.

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Technical_Aerie9649 t1_j2fmtit wrote

Reply to comment by Deannerzz in Your favorite Vermont critter and why by -PineMarten

As a former VTF&W employee, I am somewhat familiar with this topic.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1877959X21001333?via%3Dihub

Excerpt from the study:

“To investigate this apparent preference exhibited by opossums for ingesting ticks, we comprehensively analyzed stomach contents of 32 Virginia opossums from central Illinois. Using a dissecting microscope, we searched the contents exhaustively for ticks and tick body parts, without sieving or pre-rinsing the stomach contents. We did not locate any ticks or tick parts in the stomach contents of Virginia opossums. We also performed a vigorous literature search for corroborating evidence of tick ingestion. Our search revealed 23 manuscripts that describe diet analyses of Virginia opossums, 19 of which were conducted on stomach or digestive tract contents and four of which were scat-based analyses. None of the studies identified ticks in their analyses of diet items. We conclude that ticks are not a preferred diet item for Virginia opossums.”

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