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Collector Of Dreams<p><a href="https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdkw5jro/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">vm.tiktok.com/ZGdkw5jro/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> a project run by a <a href="https://c.im/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> and smart person interested in <a href="https://c.im/tags/homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homelessness</span></a> in <a href="https://c.im/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> feel free to share and get informed about this. The fact that is going to be a media project to tell the real stories of homelessness in USA is powerful but they need support due to the banning or bad changes in <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tick</span></a> tock in there ..</p>
Henry Fisher<p>Do you remember I recently went for a walk in the woods? Well, I brought back not only photos, but also this kind of "friend" who loves hugs and bites. It's a tick 🕷. I really hope it's healthy and won't infect me with encephalitis.</p><p><a href="https://dindon.one/tags/Tick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tick</span></a> <a href="https://dindon.one/tags/WoodsWalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WoodsWalk</span></a> <a href="https://dindon.one/tags/HealthConcerns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthConcerns</span></a></p>
C.<p>It doesn't stop until the motor-timeout is hit, *or* I manually disable motors - at which point the ticking instantly stops.</p><p>Any idea why the steppers are still being activated after the print is complete? Does it serve a purpose? Seems like a waste of energy, and needless stress on the hardware.</p><p>Running vanilla Klipper version v0.12.0-290-g14a83103c on an <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/FLSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FLSun</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/V400" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>V400</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Stepper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stepper</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/StepperMotor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StepperMotor</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/tick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tick</span></a></p><p>2/2</p>
JenJen :heart_sp_pan: :twitch:<p>WELL. Had to stop all work because we found what we're pretty certain is a tick on Petie.</p><p>ON HIS DICK.</p><p>We got half of it out, but can't get the rest because he's not happy with us trying (as you'd expect), so now I'm trying to get a hold of the vet. It's good to be back 😂 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/tick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tick</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/ticks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ticks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/bugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bugs</span></a></p>
CelloMom On Cars<p>Cooler regions could see 'boom' in tick populations due to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> </p><p>"Included in the model are types of landscape and the availability for ticks to feed on a host between each of its life stages , allowing researchers to study the complicated interactions between the landscape, temperatures, the ticks and the hosts they're feeding on.</p><p>With booms in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tick</span></a> populations comes the potential for more people around the world to be exposed to tick-borne diseases."</p><p><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/cooler-regions-boom-tick-populations-due-climate-change/story?id=112576640" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/US/cooler-regio</span><span class="invisible">ns-boom-tick-populations-due-climate-change/story?id=112576640</span></a></p>
Snowshadow 🇨🇦<p>❗ Step aside Lyme disease there's a "new" one here....</p><p>What you should know about the tick-borne disease anaplasmosis</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disease</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tick</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/what-you-should-know-about-the-tick-borne-disease-anaplasmosis-1.6942217" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ctvnews.ca/health/what-you-sho</span><span class="invisible">uld-know-about-the-tick-borne-disease-anaplasmosis-1.6942217</span></a></p>
PeachMcD<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@rbreich" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rbreich</span></a></span> </p><p>I want to normalize/popularize connecting <a href="https://union.place/tags/Billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billionaires</span></a> with an image of a bloated <a href="https://union.place/tags/tick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tick</span></a></p><p>If <a href="https://union.place/tags/Fascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascists</span></a> can compare minority groups to <a href="https://union.place/tags/vermin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vermin</span></a>, so can I </p><p>There's not really very many of those ticks, but they're sucking the blood out of our Body Politick<br>Out of our <a href="https://union.place/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a><br>Out of our <a href="https://union.place/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a><br>So many needed resources, hoarded for what?<br>content://org.mozilla.firefox.feature.downloads.fileprovider/mediaShareCache/1684959552.jpg</p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JudithButler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudithButler</span></a> Knows What Makes <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transphobes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transphobes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Tick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tick</span></a> </p><p>The famed <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Feminist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feminist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/philosopher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosopher</span></a> talks with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Them" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Them</span></a> about their new <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a>, "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WhosAfraidofGender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhosAfraidofGender</span></a>?" </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feminism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inclusion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheArts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TERFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TERFS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EmptyThePews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmptyThePews</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.them.us/story/judith-butler-whos-afraid-of-gender-interview" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">them.us/story/judith-butler-wh</span><span class="invisible">os-afraid-of-gender-interview</span></a></p>
Takako 🐀<p>Massachusetts is basically a bog. 😂 Ipswich River wildlife sanctuary trails were wet, muddy and flooded in some places. I found a tiny tick nymph crawling on my hand on the drive home. Upon returning home, we thoroughly checked. No other ticks. 🕷️✨👀 *lucky me*</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/tick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tick</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/deerTick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deerTick</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/aracnids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aracnids</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>Tick-killing pill shows promising results in human trial<br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/tick-killing-pill-shows-promising-results-in-human-trial/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2024/0</span><span class="invisible">3/tick-killing-pill-shows-promising-results-in-human-trial/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parasites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parasites</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ticks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ticks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LymeDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LymeDisease</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kills</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tick</span></a>—borne <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lotilaner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lotilaner</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Credelio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Credelio</span></a></p>
111rich (Adult Content NSFW)<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tick</span></a> toc</p>
geographile<p>I used to know someone who got <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RockyMountainSpottedFever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RockyMountainSpottedFever</span></a> working as a sheep shearer in Wyoming back around when AIDS was new. The doctors didn't even bother testing for Spotted Fever until they knew for sure it wasn't AIDS, which meant at that time, sending a test off somewhere and waiting until the results came back. He survived, but he got plenty sick.</p><p>This outbreak is in Southern <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a>, specific to people who have been in or near <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Tecate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tecate</span></a>, Mexico. </p><p>Dress and use insect repellents appropriately to avoid bites, medicate your dogs to resist <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/tick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tick</span></a> bites. Don't play with tick-borne diseases, it's not worth it.</p><p><a href="https://nypost.com/2023/12/09/news/rocky-mountain-spotted-fever-outbreak-kills-three-in-california-cdc/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nypost.com/2023/12/09/news/roc</span><span class="invisible">ky-mountain-spotted-fever-outbreak-kills-three-in-california-cdc/</span></a></p>
Mikko Tuomi<p>There is mounting evidence of increases in tick contacts in <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a>.</p><p>Vast increases in <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/tick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tick</span></a> contact areas, with ticks estimated to be contacted locally approximately 400 km further north in western and approximately 100 km further north in eastern Finland in 2021 than 1958.</p><p>It has been estimated that the ongoing <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> change will significantly influence the life cycles of both ticks and tick-borne pathogens. <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-48744-8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41598-023</span><span class="invisible">-48744-8</span></a></p>
Snowshadow 🇨🇦<p>An Invasive Tick That Can Clone Itself Is Spreading Across the U.S., Threatening Livestock</p><p>Researchers documented three cows in Ohio killed by Asian longhorned ticks, which can lay up to 2,000 eggs without needing to mate<br> The ticks pose a serious threat to livestock, because they congregate in the thousands and can drain an entire animal of blood.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatecrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tick</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entomology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/invasivespecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invasivespecies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/livestock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>livestock</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/an-invasive-tick-that-can-clone-itself-is-spreading-across-us-threatening-livestock-180983323/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/</span><span class="invisible">an-invasive-tick-that-can-clone-itself-is-spreading-across-us-threatening-livestock-180983323/</span></a></p>
Fearless Friend<p>My hairdresser found a tick embedded in my neck. I thought it was a skin tag. It’s been there for several weeks. No adverse reactions. I’m off to see a doctor to remove it at midday <a href="https://aus.social/tags/tick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tick</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Tick spit? Wow...</p><p>More than 100,000 people in the U.S. have become allergic to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RedMeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedMeat</span></a> since 2010 because of a weird syndrome triggered by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tick</span></a> bites, according to a government report released Thursday. But health officials believe many more have the problem and don't know it.<br>A second report estimated that as many as 450,000 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> have developed the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/allergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allergy</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tick</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TickSpit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TickSpit</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/a-meat-allergy-caused-by-tick-spit-is-getting-more-common-cdc-says-1.6497902" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ctvnews.ca/health/a-meat-aller</span><span class="invisible">gy-caused-by-tick-spit-is-getting-more-common-cdc-says-1.6497902</span></a></p>
morgandawn<p>Red meat <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/allergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allergy</span></a> via <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/tick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tick</span></a> bites in the South, Midwest &amp; Mid-Atlantic region, particularly <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Arkansas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arkansas</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Missouri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Missouri</span></a>.<br>The highest numbers of suspected cases were identified in <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Virginia</span></a>; Suffolk County, N.Y., alone accounted for 4%</p><p>1/2 million suspected cases </p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/27/health/meat-allergy-alpha-gal-cdc/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2023/07/27/health/meat</span><span class="invisible">-allergy-alpha-gal-cdc/index.html</span></a></p>
Thorsten Schilling<p>Since I am playing around with the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microscope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microscope</span></a> and got bitten by a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tick</span></a> today I just had to investigate further. If you ever wondered what's in the face of a tick (called the hypostome) and getting under your skin, here my picture I took today.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/picture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>picture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microscopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microscopy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/image" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>image</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>How to Protect Yourself from <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Ticks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ticks</span></a> and the Dangerous <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Diseases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diseases</span></a> They Spread<br>Experts explain why <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/tick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tick</span></a>-borne <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/illness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illness</span></a> are increasing in the U.S. and offer tips to prevent bites<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Pathogens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pathogens</span></a> don’t automatically transfer once a tick latches on. Many ticks lack disease-causing viruses and bacteria in the first place, and even if they are present, different pathogens transmit at different rates. Taking anywhere from 15 minutes to 36hr to transfer after you are bitten. <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-protect-yourself-from-ticks-and-the-dangerous-diseases-they-spread/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scientificamerican.com/article</span><span class="invisible">/how-to-protect-yourself-from-ticks-and-the-dangerous-diseases-they-spread/</span></a></p>
kernpanik 🐾 🕊️ ☮<p>I also saw this guy (sand <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/lizard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lizard</span></a>, Lacerta agilis) today. If you look closely, you can spot a tiny <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/tick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tick</span></a> attached to its body just above the front leg. </p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reptiles</span></a><br>(photo: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://chaos.social/@kernpanik" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kernpanik</span></a></span> | license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)</p>