ICYMI Last night, in my dream, a man was trying to have a very serious conversation with me. But I was really distracted by a skink and a fence lizard. I was focusing so hard on these lizards, trying to identify them that I shorted out my dream and woke up


This morning I find out that lizards are once again saving the day! Down in the Southern US, skinks are helping to reduce the transmission of Lyme Disease. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/02/lizards-may-be-protecting-people-lyme-disease-southeastern-united-states
Ticks seem to prefer latching onto skinks but these lizards are really bad at transmitting Lyme to other creatures. Which means ticks that arenât affected, who feed on a lizard are less likely to get Lyme than ones who feed on mice or deer.
Now how do fence lizards relate in? Well the western fence lizard has a compound in their blood that neutralizes the bacteria that causes Lyme.
