janwax said:" Western fence lizard's blood was found by Berkeley scientists to kill Lyme disease bacterium."
NOW I LOVE HIM EVEN MORE
That is SO COOL.
A quick google confirmed that yes, not only are they not a vector of Lyme disease, because their blood kills the lyme bacteria, but also that a tick carrying lyme disease, once it feeds on the fence lizard, will no longer carry lyme disease because the bacterium is killed by whatever it is in their blood!
WOW
