ticks – The Artful Amoeba http://theartfulamoeba.com A blog about the weird wonderfulness of life on Earth Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:22:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.31 A Tick in the Family Way http://theartfulamoeba.com/2009/07/28/a-tick-in-the-family-way/ http://theartfulamoeba.com/2009/07/28/a-tick-in-the-family-way/#respond Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:48:12 +0000 http://frazer.northerncoloradogrotto.com/?p=905 Today is my birthday (woo hoo! I survived another year!).  In honor of this feat I will take a break from my Very High Life posts to bring you the touching birthday story of . . . several hundred baby ticks. It all began with a very full mama tick . . .

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Not a full tick nor even yet a mama tick. Tick for illustrative purposes only. Do not lick tick. This is Ixodes scapularis -- the deer tick.

. . . which was plucked off a dog and, rather than being flushed, was stashed in a glass vial in a very simple science experiment we could all conduct at home. I cannot decide whether what happened next was more cool or more gross . . . you decide. With pictures!

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