Ticks

The 12 hour tick time bomb

A ticks specialized mouth parts is the reason it takes so long to begin feeding. Almost like an oil rig it needs to be drilled down and anchored into your flesh until it’s deep enough for feeding to begin.

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Removing Ticks

The one I remember as a kid was if you yanked the body off of a tick and left the head embedded in your skin it would grow a new body. Let me tell you, for a 10 year old that’s pretty scary.

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Tips on avoiding ticks

Tips on avoiding ticks. Lyme disease is a threat, see how you can avoid tis disease.

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Tick Tick Tick

. It always amazed me however that I rarely felt this ugly creature crawling on me let alone biting and attaching itself to me for hours or even days. (you definitely felt it when you pulled it out).

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