Los Angeles is in the midst of a typhus outbreak, but researchers say the usual suspects—cats and rats—aren’t to blame.
Instead, they believe the opossum, the marsupial becoming a growing nuisance in the city, is the culprit.
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Flea Poop and Opossums Are Causing a Typhus Outbreak in L.A.
NOT-SO-AWESOME POSSUM
But how do fleas get on opossums in the first place? We still don’t know.
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