Worried About Lyme Disease? It's the Acorns!

[Spokes]

A recent study by the Cary Institute links acorns and the mice population to the unprecidented increasse in Lyme Disease.

Basically it happens this way- when the mouse population increases due to abundant supplies of acorns the ticks target the mice. However when the mice population falls due to lower acorn supplies, ticks look for other hosts to feed on- humans!

Now you know.

http://discovermagazine.com/2012/jul...ame-the-acorns

[Rocket Jones]

So the obvious solution is to build more shelters, which will result in lowering the rate of Lyme Disease.

The first obvious one is Lone Wolf Shelter in southern VA. Others?

[Spokes]

.............. Ha ha..................

[Rasty]

So the obvious solution is to build more shelters, which will result in lowering the rate of Lyme Disease.

The first obvious one is Lone Wolf Shelter in southern VA. Others?

Design concept for the Lone Wolf Shelter

1) Leki pole roofing
2) Beer dispensing spring
3)

[WingedMonkey]

Increase the population of bobcats and coyotes. Maybe more owls, but they are such a pain in the ass already.

[rocketsocks]

Design concept for the Lone Wolf Shelter

1) Leki pole roofing
2) Beer dispensing spring
3)

3)No whining sign above the entrance.

[Rasty]

3)No whining sign above the entrance.

4) No Floor

[Snowleopard]

Increase the population of bobcats and coyotes. Maybe more owls, but they are such a pain in the ass already.

Apparently, the rise of coyotes in the Northeast has lowered the fox population. The net result is a rise in the rodent population; I guess coyotes eat fewer mice than foxes do. It's thought that this has increased Lyme disease. So, it gets complicated.

[Spokes]

Damn circle of life!

[atraildreamer]

Increase the population of bobcats and coyotes. Maybe more owls, but they are such a pain in the ass already.

Snakes are a good way to keep the mice population down...according to a TV show I saw recently.