• anon6789@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      Heck, even I didn’t know it was false until I found the post! I’m surprised I saw a couple others mention it. The rumor is really widespread.

      We feed ours dried mealworms as part of their diet, so I just assumed they eat whatever bugs.

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        6 days ago

        i now know that they don’t eat many ticks, I was just excited cause I love opposums and I think they get a fairly bad reremovedtion for being “vermin”.

        i didn’t realize an article about them not eating ticks was posted today. i don’t think I’m on the instance that shared that.

        i guess that’s why all the comments focused on the ticks thing.

        i just think they’re neat.

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          6 days ago

          Their poo is out of this world stinky, but otherwise they are very awesome.

          I was trying to stick them in a bucket to clean their pen, but they kept grabbing on to the lip with their tails. It was hilarious. I like watching them climb also. They look like they should be bad at it, but they’re pretty good.

          Awesome critters and no reason anyone should dislike them!