This is one reason why I let these gentle creatures alone.
Trail Cam Captures Opossum Pulling Ticks Off A Deer's Face
"We found that the average opossum kills thousands of ticks every week wandering through the forest," says Felicia Keesing, a biologist at Bard College and an Adjunct Scientist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.
Regarding Lead poisoning:
https://www.facebook.com/BlueRidgeWildlifeCtr/posts/3103511526329676
