Posted on 07/16/2019 6:20:22 PM PDT by ransomnote
What the hell is wrong with Chris Smith? This is the dumbest pile of crap ever
I lost a beautiful black lab to Lyme disease. I now keep a close eye out for ticks. They are getting bad in SW PA.
So there we have it. Not only did the DoD create Lyme Disease, they used their time machine to go back and infect Otzi.
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They don’t need a time machine. The Soviets had multi-threat bio warfare pathogens comprised of 30+ separate, known diseases. Their thinking was that the US population chouldn’t be vaccinated against 31 diseases in time (in response) to a deployment of their weapon.
Another way our enemies utilize extant pathogens, is to weaponize it by cultivating more virulent strains those extant in the population and select strains for specific means of distribution. For example, they need to delay onset so those ill have time to spread it.
The following story made me wonder about the CIA’s potential involvement. July 13 there was a story (link below) about “self cloning ticks” that had sucked so much blood out of a few cattle that the cattle died of anemia (blood loss). The fact that these ticks reproduce via parthenogenesis (no male needed) and would kill a host (ticks normally don’t because the species that kill their own host die off - reproduce less) seems to indicate weaponizing of an otherwise “normal” pest.
So... the Soviets infected Otzi?
Opossums: Unsung Heroes in the Fight Against Ticks and Lyme Disease
https://blog.nwf.org/2017/06/opossums-unsung-heroes-in-the-fight-against-ticks-and-lyme-disease/
Possums.....our furry allies.
I would immediately create an opossum-friendly habitat on my property, and protect them zealously.
Turns out they've moved up MANY places on The Useful Critters List.
Didn’t know that … explains why there’s almost no chiggers here
B.S.
Talked with one rancher in Palo Pinto County (Texas Y'all). Bad fire ants and ticks on his property.
He started with the tick problem and he brought in the fire ants 'cause he was told they would take care of the ticks.
He is now infested with both.
Guineas should have been his choice.
The coyotes and bobcat would be fat, but would reduce his problem. Yeah, he knows that now.
Something called tick tubes is supposed to work pretty well.
I suppose, that is, until the ticks become resistant to the insecticide.
Homemade Tick Tubes: A Cheap Way to Kill Ticks
https://www.trueprepper.com/homemade-tick-tubes/
How does one do that?
The possums would become aware that my property was a Possum Paradise.
I think you may be able to make pets of them, but I would rather have them out on patrol.
Might be a TX problem.
Used to have bad deer and seed ticks here when I was a young thing. Ditto chiggers. Could walk across the fields to my uncle’s farm and get literally covered in seed ticks.
Haven’t seen any of those in probably 30 years now.
I make sure to keep a mound or two near the house in the front yard. Just because.
“Install a possum nest box to mimic the tree holes that possums use for nesting. A possum nest box is essentially like a large bird box with a 5-inch diameter hole near the top. The Australian government provides detailed instructions for making possum boxes, which are the right size for North American opossums as well. Attach the nest box 6 to 10 feet up in a tree.”
If my memory serves me, female possums have two wombs and their gestation period is 9 days. Male possums have a forked penis so they can impregnate either/both wombs. A litter of newborn possums can fit in a tablespoon. Amazing animal!
Excellent!!!!
Thank you so much.
We are closing on a house in the country this week and it’s the heart of deer tick country, so that is very useful information.
Your page says you are in Canada; bigger problem for importing a invasive species into your country.
Do NOT tell people to bring in Fire Ants!
How stupid do you have to be to put a bio weapons research facility in one of the most densely populated regions of the country?
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