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"because they congregate in the thousands and can drain an entire animal of blood." I didn't think the blood loss was what kills. I thought it was a reaction t
by giantg2 3y ago
"because they congregate in the thousands and can drain an entire animal of blood."
I didn't think the blood loss was what kills. I thought it was a reaction to all the bites/saliva/pathogens.
- dirtyhippiefree 3y agoWhat if the hide is carpeted in ticks. This is the first tick species in America that can reproduce •without• pesky Needing to Find a Mate.
- SkyPuncher 3y agoSure, but that can already happen. It simply doesn’t.
- dirtyhippiefree 3y agoTicks reproducing by parthenogenesis. Name another species…
- giantg2 3y agoWith regular ticks, it's possible that longterm high rates of exposure causes anemia or heath issues from pathogens. I've simply never heard them cite blood loss from ticks as the acute reason. Supposedly a cow can loose 3L of blood at a time and ticks average about .5mL per feeding. So you'd need 6k fully engorged ticks to loose that much blood to cause problems, and more to actually kill them. I would think most farmers would notice something like that pretty quickly.