The bites leave animals anemic and bleeding under their skins, and they also become exhausted from constantly moving in an attempt to avoid the insects.
Lee Kantar—moose biologist with the Maine “Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife—counts winter tick larvae, or nymphs, on a live moose calf in Maine.” - definitely not my type of job :(
Jesus. I’ve seen it in wild rabbits, but that makes sense because the ticks can get larger than their eyeballs. And that looks really bad, like their ears are more tick than ear. With the square cube rule the number of ticks to take down a moose scares me.
Ticks can, too.
As New England Winters Warm, Ticks are Killing Moose at High Rates
Very interesting read, aside from the blood curdling close up of those patches of engorged ticks. Also…
That has to be one of the least precise measurements I’ve seen. Might as well say “as deep as a cup of water” or “as bright as a light”
It’s folksy knowledge, not your fancy booklearning.
Lee Kantar—moose biologist with the Maine “Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife—counts winter tick larvae, or nymphs, on a live moose calf in Maine.” - definitely not my type of job :(
Jesus. I’ve seen it in wild rabbits, but that makes sense because the ticks can get larger than their eyeballs. And that looks really bad, like their ears are more tick than ear. With the square cube rule the number of ticks to take down a moose scares me.
Lets be honest, anything that takes down moose is petrifying