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Neat. Wish it was a video of this
You are in luck!
The paper includes three videos:
https://www.cell.com/cms/10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.021/attachment/ea875fda-7c4c-4a7e-8839-891b822d77e4/mmc2.mp4
https://www.cell.com/cms/10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.021/attachment/93fba9ea-868b-4d80-b8eb-33f65abb88e4/mmc3.mp4
https://www.cell.com/cms/10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.021/attachment/3130db24-b4c3-4e4c-b494-8e9aab65fa2f/mmc4.mp4
Is it wrong of me to find those amusing?
It would be wrong if you didn't 😄
I'm sorry, I shouldn't laugh at your expense... But the image of Grampa Simpson acting like giant tick magnet is entertaining
Just reading that makes my skin crawl.
I've only ever had one tick successfully latch on to me, but they terrify me. I couldn't even imagine 250.
I spend my life indoors in front of a desk and suddenly I'm regretting that less.