> to mention what natural predators ticks might have.
Lazy to duckduckgo it: What are those predators ?
Lazy to duckduckgo it: What are those predators ?
My main objection is to the tone. Especially in this story - which alludes to the new ticks draining entire cows of their blood. Yet fails to mention "DEET can be pretty effective" or "check your skin after spending time outdoors" basics. It's hardly specific to this article, or to this topic - but there's a "you are helpless" tone to a great deal of modern journalism. It's almost as if they wanted everyone cowering in fear inside their houses, and spending all of their time clicking on yet more articles on the web...
It's a feedback loop. Write a panic article, people read it and get scared, people read more panic articles to be informed about new threats. Rinse. Repeat.
I hate it so very much. And one of the main things I hate is that this panicky nonsense has led the entire US into being rounded, padded, and soft for kids today. Not that they need to suffer, by any means, but they do need unstructured time away from competition, and away from the prying eyes of their parents. But because media and news has convinced everyone to be terrified of everything all the time, this is the way of it.
In other news, I'm shaking my fist at a cloud in my front yard.
Now in my mid 30s, I know exactly 0 individuals who have ever had an issue with bee swarms of any kind.
Meanwhile I grew up in an area with what is known as "RIFA", a variety of ant imported to North America. Despite being immensely painful and aggressive the consensus is to avoid them when possible and to use ant killer if need be to remove them from areas near the house. No one reports on the fact that native ants in many areas have been completely extirpated by this invasive species.
It's kind of like thinking modern breeds of cow would lose the ability to eat grass or pigs to forage. That stuff is hard-wired pretty deep because it is at the very core of survival.