Ticks Become 100x Their Original Size

Here's everything you never knew about ticks.
This video answers all of the following questions:
- Are ticks insects?
- Do ticks jump?
- What ticks give you lyme disease?
- How to ID a deer tick?
- What diseases can you get from a tick?
- How big can a tick get?

Specimen use made possible by the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

[visekual]

On that subject, it seems that recently Americans have discovered the existence of the capybara and are obsessed with it, if one day you go to a country where they are native and can be found in the wild, stay away, they carry ticks that carry spotted fever, a disease that has a fatality rate of 30% which can increase to 80% if not treated immediately and correctly.

[PineStrawYT]

About 10 years ago, my mom was bit by a lonestar tick, which made her essentially allergic to red meat. The allergy has not gone away since and her diet now consists mainly of turkey, chicken, and fish.

[cheesydanishgaming]

So if you have a fear of ticks technically it’s arachnophobia

[EpogGamer]

I got bit by a tick before, and got admitted in a hospital for about 1 week or so. Words can’t describe how horrible the symptoms were, I could barely get up and had to sleep for most of the time. It’s worst than any other disease that I ever got before.

[opalumbre]

Surprised you didn’t mention that a lone star tick bite can make you allergic to red meat

[plndkid]

That tick became so large it became a "Thick" 😭😂

[russell]

I could’ve gone my whole life without having to see a tick 100x it’s size

[kids]

“And if left untreated, *death* .”
*serious face*
**STARTS TO LAUGH**

[selectionn]

missed opportunity to talk about how they numb your skin before they feed on you. really interesting bug, if only it wasnt such a pain in the arse for us.

[jonsaltberry]

Me going to my Grandma's house for lunch: 4:06

Me leaving: 4:10

[BigShmigg]

So I have a pretty interesting story about ticks. When I was younger I found one in my yard and thought it was a new species and got really excited and so I carried it around and an empty water bottle, showing it off to my friends. After I released it I decided to google it and then found out it was a deer tick. So all my fiends and I were playing with a deer tick all day letting crawl on us and stuff so that’s fun.

[Lt_Crumpet]

0:01 “inside this vile is something that could kill you…”
LETS OPEN IT UP🎉🎉























What a great idea!!

[sekiezkogg]

I've had ticks infest my house because my former dog got bitten by them all over. About 3 weeks ago, my new dog had a couple ticks on his eyebrow area and I removed them and then had his fur removed too. I'd have no problem with ticks hadn't they been at risk of giving people lyme disease should you be bitten and eventual death. These are the only things I hold no hesitation with burning to death.

[ashlegend]

4:17 i wonder what would happen if you took a safety pin and popped them

[TempuraKai]

As a kid during the summer months me and my friend would be knee deep in brush and weeds ALL the time. We'd go home and pick tics off each other literally none the wiser to how dangerous they could be. Thankfully neither of us got sick from them but my grandpa did 😦 he was sent to the hospital and had to cary around an epipen because he became allergic to meat products for a while.

[jameskangethe]

Lol this is the most entertained and engaged I’ve ever been hearing about a tick 😂 really a testament to the quality of work put in, cause if there was ever the question if I was the type of guy who would be “interested in hearing about a tick😀?” The answers “No” 🤣

[GiantSquid]

A ticks proboscis has 5 parts, a barbed stylus called a hypostome, and on the hypostome are 2 pairs of lancets, each lancet are tipped with sharp knife like hooks called chelicerae. The chelicerae is what helps the tick drill deeper into its target, but it's also what anchors the tick into its target while feeding

[ms_minna]

I was sure you were going to inject the tick with a liquid to see how big they can be. 😂
But I must admit that I did learn a lot from this.

[ruffruggednraw]

It’s surprising how extra thicc a tick can get when it drinks enough blood to fill up

[banerifthammer]

I love this channel it's so informative and it's worded so well anyone can understand it.keep doing what you are doing it's great content!