Static electricity might help ticks zoom through the air to grab onto people and animals. A study published Friday found that the static charges we pick up from the environment may be giving the hungry parasites a boost to their next meal.
They were just nymphs, like the size of a pinhead. Walking through a grassy paddock. Managed to get 150 off my front and went to bed with 100 on my back. Daughter got them off the next day.
Neat. Wish it was a video of this
You are in luck!
The paper includes three videos:
https://www.cell.com/cms/10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.021/attachment/ea875fda-7c4c-4a7e-8839-891b822d77e4/mmc2.mp4
https://www.cell.com/cms/10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.021/attachment/93fba9ea-868b-4d80-b8eb-33f65abb88e4/mmc3.mp4
https://www.cell.com/cms/10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.021/attachment/3130db24-b4c3-4e4c-b494-8e9aab65fa2f/mmc4.mp4
Is it wrong of me to find those amusing?
It would be wrong if you didn’t 😄
I once had 250 ticks on me. I’m imagining like a giant magnet.
I’m sorry, I shouldn’t laugh at your expense… But the image of Grampa Simpson acting like giant tick magnet is entertaining
Just reading that makes my skin crawl.
Once someone gets one in the vicinity, everyone else’s brain says they have one too.
I’ve only ever had one tick successfully latch on to me, but they terrify me. I couldn’t even imagine 250.
They were just nymphs, like the size of a pinhead. Walking through a grassy paddock. Managed to get 150 off my front and went to bed with 100 on my back. Daughter got them off the next day.
28 is the most adult paralysis ticks I’ve had.
The beauty of working in the bush.