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Jetheels

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31. Here's a book on Lyme. I read the reviews only. Native Americans also lived around wild turkeys
Sat Feb 27, 2021, 04:57 PM
Feb 2021

and other animals that ate ticks. Also, the author believes that deer are not the only animal spreading Lyme, but it’s the rodents.

https://www.amazon.com/Lyme-Disease-Ecology-Complex-System/dp/0195388127

That book is kind of expensive though, and for me I mostly only read audio books.....
Here’s an article that author wrote, talks about how there used to be a much different landscape of trees, which supported animals who kept rodent population down.


https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180709132727.htm

It's been going on for a long time, gab13by13 Feb 2021 #1
Excellent article! burrowowl Feb 2021 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Feb 2021 #3
Yup. Ms. Toad Feb 2021 #21
The 1930's "shelter belt" is still on my grandparents' South Dakota farm. SharonAnn Feb 2021 #32
Well worth a full read. Thanks. erronis Feb 2021 #4
yw 👍 I have learned a lot from Thom over a Decade of listening to his daily 12pmest-3pm show yaesu Feb 2021 #22
Yes, it's very noticeable and disrutbing relayerbob Feb 2021 #5
Growing up in 60s and 70s all we talked about was "Zero Population Growth", rickyhall Feb 2021 #6
our attempts to make a better life are now dismissed with "OK Boomer" DBoon Feb 2021 #8
Depressing, ain't it. rickyhall Feb 2021 #11
+1 Ferrets are Cool Feb 2021 #12
There is no doubt in my mind that wnylib Feb 2021 #7
Here's an article on why Lyme disease got so prevalent Jetheels Feb 2021 #10
I don't have the background to challenge wnylib Feb 2021 #29
Here's a book on Lyme. I read the reviews only. Native Americans also lived around wild turkeys Jetheels Feb 2021 #31
Read Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring." Bo Zarts Feb 2021 #9
But, we didn't learn the lesson. BarbD Feb 2021 #15
Love me some Thom Ferrets are Cool Feb 2021 #13
When I was a kid in Denver DENVERPOPS Feb 2021 #14
na. mother nature doesnt care if the earth is a paradise or a slag heap. it should matter to us. bullimiami Feb 2021 #18
That's what people really need to realize. BComplex Feb 2021 #20
Whose Garden Was This? keithhs28 Feb 2021 #25
We've lived our entire lives in the "fuck around" stage... movingviolation Feb 2021 #16
This yaesu Feb 2021 #23
I was in Atlanta for a week in 2009. Delmette2.0 Feb 2021 #17
As Thom would say, you are spot on! nt yaesu Feb 2021 #24
Oh, thank you. Delmette2.0 Feb 2021 #30
This is an excellent article by Thom Hartmann. Wow. BComplex Feb 2021 #19
100% right. Snackshack Feb 2021 #26
Check out Tom's Hidden History series of books... RobertDevereaux Feb 2021 #27
the planet is trying to rid itself of the human infestation. we don't do lawn care. pansypoo53219 Feb 2021 #28
It isn't the planet. It is us. Nature doesn't commit suicide to eradicate humans, we do. Martin68 Feb 2021 #34
The Midwest is used to grow vast monocultures of food crops that are treated with tons of deadly Martin68 Feb 2021 #33
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