Attack of the Giant Tick

The Rocky Mountain wood tick ( Dermacentor andersoni ) is usually found in the most arid areas of the Rocky Mountains, but can be found in varying areas of North America . Adult and nymph ticks have eight legs while larval and seed ticks only have six. Females also have a distinctive white shield near the head and front of the body; males have no distinctive shield but are covered in a mottled gray pattern.
The Rocky Mountain wood tick is a 3-host life-cycle tick, seeking a new host every one to three years. Ticks hatch in the spring and seek meals from small rodents like mice and chipmunks. As they develop into larger nymphs they seek larger hosts like rabbits and skunks. Nymph ticks that fail to find a host will hibernate during the winter; adult ticks also hibernate during the cold season, but with a low survival rate of ten percent. Ticks feed for approximately a week before mating; a female can grow from 5 mg to 700 mg when engorged and lays several thousands eggs before dying.
Rocky Mountain wood ticks are the primary carriers of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, which is the worse of tick-borne diseases. Rocky Mountain spotted fever is characterized by fever, nausea, emesis, severe headache, muscle pain, and a lack of appetite occurring within one to fourteen days after the bite. If left untreated, the disease progress into skin rashes, abdominal pain, and joint pain; the worse symptoms include partial paralysis of the extremities, gangrene, hearing loss, and movement and language disorders

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[jdidthatbop2]

DAMN NATURE YOU SCARY

[Dac719]

@superstan26 Everyone has their own opinion. Let me have mine. You say they're creepy. I say they're cute. Don't like my opinion? Get over it or shut the hell up!

[superstan26]

@Dac719 r u retarded 'cute' what the fuck is weomg wwith your eyes they are the creepiest shit EVER!

[Dac719]

It's a shame they're so dangerous. In my opinion, ticks are kind of cute. If only they weren't so dangerous...

[pilootje1991]

@pur3ly It's the bacteria 'Borrelia' that causes Lyme disease.

Ticks transmit the bacteria when they bite someone.

Google for more info cause I can actually write pages her about it haha :p

[pur3ly]

wait.. so what gets lime disease ? bcuz people have them on them alot and dont really get it ??

[fghshtify]

lol at the screaming

[1486NathanJC]

Errr That little nasty little bitch.

[puppyslovedogfood098]

ok seein that made me naucious. but nice video!!

[seahue]

Awesome video:) It's nice to actually see a ticks head...whenever I've seen a tick it's head is buried in the skin!