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Static electricity attracts ticks to hosts, scientists find (www.bristol.ac.uk)
submitted 2 years ago by withersailor@aussie.zone to c/science@beehaw.org
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[–] Klumz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Very interesting, guess that also opens up many new possibilities on how to catch ticks carrying diseases and eliminate them.

Imagine an electrical charged pole rod, which attracts ticks and zaps them. Dunno how practical that would be, haha.

[–] withersailor@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Hahaha. I imagine the research thinking "I want to zap those blood suckers". Then experimenting and going "hey, look at that!"

[–] Horik@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

What I'm reading here is: "stay grounded"

Does that sound right?

[–] Famborghini@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

Somehow I find this less surprising than I thought I would. Ticks are wild little things.