Bear Tick heads

[Kelli Hjelmeland <kelli@mb.sympatico.ca>]

Lif wrote:

> (By the way the Cougar Tick is a distant relative of the Ursus
> Horribilis [Bear] Tick, which has been known to charge when wounded.  So
> be very, very careful about pulling out ticks and leaving the heads in].
> 

OK now - This fact I am absolutely 100% positively sure of . . . ticks
just insert their mouthparts under the skin - not their whole heads.

Kelli and Hudson Bay (whose lifting his tail a little higher right now
and thankful we don't live in a "cougar" tick area where they attack
from tall trees)


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