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The other day a tick dropped from a tree onto my computer screen. I was sitting under the tree. Ticks drop from trees.
by op00to 7y ago
The other day a tick dropped from a tree onto my computer screen. I was sitting under the tree. Ticks drop from trees.
- learc83 7y agoTrees and brush sure. And a tick can definitely climb a tree. But dropping down isn't the way they generally attach. They hold onto grass and low branches waiting for animals to brush past them. They don't really have a mechanism to alert them to the presence of animals walking below them fast enough for this to be practical for them.