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brown dog tick American dog tick black-legged tick life cycle of the tick Ixodes scapularis
Learn how scientists are targeting the glands required for tick digestion to prevent the spread of disease
cattle tick tick
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
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Green tree python snake (Chondropython viridis) in a rainforest.
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vulture. An adult bearded vulture at a raptor recovery center. The Gypaetus barbatus also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, is a bird of prey and considered an Old World vulture.
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brown dog tick
Brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus).
James Gathany and William Nicholson/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (Image ID: 7646)
American dog tick
American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis).
© Paul Lemke/Dreamstime.com
black-legged tick
Black-legged, or deer, tick (Ixodes scapularis).
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
life cycle of the tick Ixodes scapularis
The life cycle of the hard tick Ixodes scapularis, a carrier of the bacterium...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
cattle tick
Cattle tick (Boophilus).
E.R. Degginger/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
tick
Environmental scanning electron microscope image of a tick. Clearly visible is the...
© Sarah Swanson
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