How to remove ticks
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Ticks are remarkably well adapted for doing what
they do best – latch on, hang on, suck
blood. First they saw a tiny slit through the outer skin, using a pair of
alternating saw blades called chelicerae, injecting an anesthetic as they
go. The victim usually feels nothing. Next, the tick forces its multi-barbed hypostome deep into the skin and secretes a sophisticated organic glue,
locking itself solidly into place. In terms of removal,
the front part of a glued-in tick might just as well be part of your skin.
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