Originally Posted by BrentD, Prof
Originally Posted by craigd
....The obvious answer is to look at who started the thread, and chose the subject 'article'. The prof will philosophize in circles about how we are losing tick habitat to climate change. The only important thing is the 'knock-on effct' of this 'research', which allows loon lefties to dream of what could be.

Wrong again as usual, Mr. Condescender. If anything, tick ranges have been expanding due to climate change. So, you were 180 degrees wrong. Again.

The south has two very common species of Peromyscus. The Cotton Mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus) is a sibling species of the White Footed Mouse. They are so similar in morphology, behavior, and ecological characteristics that is nearly impossible to tell the two apart when in the hand. Obviously, they are a bit different under the hood but if one was a good reservoir, you would think the other would be too. Peromyscus polionotus, the Old Field Mouse, is a pretty good imitation of a deer mouse as well, so why are they not adequate reservoirs?

You are asking Mr. C what I think, that would be rather unscientific, wouldn't you say. From one imitator to another, were you spouting on about the philosophy of the field mouse. Lol, why not just be honest and say, if you were a brit, you could take a speculation piece like the one you found and parlay it into an antihunting strategy. Afterall, what could be more perfect than penalizing a bunch of stuffy rich white duds, shooting thousands of pen bids, that're apparently tick invested.

Oh well, if your professorial persona has any pride, wouldn't you say the graph shows that Lyme is trending down. A big nothing burgdor.