Study Says Opossums Don’t Eat Ticks By The Thousands | Field & Stream
Study Says Opossums Don’t Eat Ticks By The Thousands | Field & Stream
In the 2021 study, Hennessy and Hild used a dissecting microscope to look for ticks or tick body parts in the stomachs of 32 Virginia opossums from central Illinois. They found absolutely no evidence of ticks and concluded that ticks are not a preferred diet item for opossums.
