Long ago and far away. And unforgettable. July 2005
Long ago and far away. And unforgettable. July 2005
How does a tick know when it has reached the back of my dog's neck?

The best suggestion yet, from my friend Massimo, is that ticks feed on arterial blood and they use some sort of heat-seaking mechanism to go where the vessels are nearest the surface. Plausible, but I don’t buy it. Not yet. Not entirely.
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