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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 01:36 AM
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I just pulled a woodtick off my arm.
Damn little buggers are coming back earlier and earlier each year. x(
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Random_Australian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 01:38 AM
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1. Better than a paralysis tick on your head.
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 01:42 AM
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2. I suppose.
:shrug:
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 01:52 AM
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6. Paralysis Ticks??? YIKES!
Edited on Sun Apr-16-06 01:53 AM by Whoa_Nelly
Didn't know about them....until NOW! :scared:



http://helium.vancouver.wsu.edu/~lindblad/paralysistick.html
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 01:55 AM
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8. Bummer dude!!!
Maybe I shouldn't ever go to Oz...
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Random_Australian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 01:58 AM
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12. Don't worry about them. They aren't that unpleasant. Due to
the paralysis if nothing else.

Mind you, pulling one off your head is a ba-aa-aa-aa-aa-ad feeling. The scalp is so elastic you get it out like 2 inches. It feels so bad.....
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 02:00 AM
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13. Gross!
I've never had a tick bite me... that I know about. :scared:
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Random_Australian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 02:02 AM
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16. You'd know it, alright. You get big lumps.
There is one bad thing about paralysis ticks though, they kill dogs! F@#($%&!#$(&!(#&$ing bastards!
(No, the word was not F___ing.)
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 02:06 AM
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18. I have some big lumps
:(
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Random_Australian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 02:11 AM
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20. With ticks at the top. The good thing is that our ticks are so big that
by that time they are bigger than a thumbnail, so easy to see. Put your thumbnail against your arm for the full visual effect!
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 01:57 AM
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11. Oh damn...
that thing is making me shudder. How am I supposed to go to sleep now? :(
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Random_Australian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 02:03 AM
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17. With these ticks crawling all over you, of course.
;)
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 01:42 AM
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3. Ugh
Ticks are about the nastiest critters there are! x(
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 01:43 AM
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4. That they are.
x(
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Random_Australian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 01:45 AM
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5. *ahem* given the choice between tick and taipan.........
(Western Taipan, of course)
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 01:55 AM
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7. I just saw mosquitoes two nights ago!
x(
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 01:56 AM
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9. Two nights ago here too!
x(
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 01:56 AM
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10. They were back last week.
I was walking down the Lake Wobegon trail in Sauk Centre and I had a bunch of them attacking me! x( :grr:
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Brigid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 02:00 AM
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14. Lyme Disease
Edited on Sun Apr-16-06 02:01 AM by Brigid
Have you had any cases of Lyme Disease in your area? You might want to call your doctor next week.
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 02:01 AM
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15. It was a woodtick.
Not a deer tick. Deer ticks are the only ticks I know of that carry the disease.

I could be wrong, though. :shrug:
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Brigid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 02:10 AM
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19. No, I think you're right.
Still, they're disgusting little buggers. If you see any sign of infection, call your doctor. (I used to be a nurse)) :)
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Nicole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 03:11 AM
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21. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
is carried by wood ticks.

Be careful!
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Jazz2006 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 03:47 AM
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22. Yikes
Of course, deer ticks are different than wood ticks, but are you SURE that the one you pulled off of yourself was a wood tick and not a deer tick?

I remember pulling a wood tick off of my stomach back when I was about 10 or 12 years old, but I really wouldn't have known the diff between that and a deer tick at the time. Fortunately, it turned out to be a non-event.

Just saying - better to be safe than sorry.
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