Bring 2 1/4 cups water to a boil and add the rice and 1 teaspoon of the salt. Return to a boil, cover, and simmer for 30 to 40 minutes, until the rice is tender and all the water is absorbed. Transfer the rice to a bowl.
Opossums stop the spread of Lyme disease because they kill up to 4,000 ticks a week. Claims about possums and ticks are mostly true â but the amount of ticks one possum kills in a week has been skewed.
1 Opossums primarily feed by scavenging, eating many road-killed animals including other opossums. 2  In the process, they often become road kill themselves. 3  Because opossums are slow-moving animals, food must be abundant and within a small area.