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08-12-2012, 04:27 AM
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here to bore you with pictures
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No, Mr. Tick, I expect you to die.
Pulled this tick off of one of the dogs yesterday. Mrs. Reasons threw it in the garbage, but I caught it crawling out this morning.
It was fair game, then.
I put it in 30% alcohol. After about an hour, it was still moving, so I increased it to 50% alcohol. That looked pretty good, until I put it on the slide and it started moving its legs.
It was clearly worse for wear, but man, what does it take to kill a tick?
Fire works, and is always fun.
Before the flames, I took a few pictures. Here's one.
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08-12-2012, 05:01 AM
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A Very Gentle Bort
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Bortlandia
Gender: Male
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Re: No, Mr. Tick, I expect you to die.
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08-12-2012, 02:23 PM
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NPC
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hellmouth
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Re: No, Mr. Tick, I expect you to die.
Those things will outlive the cockroaches. Ick.
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08-12-2012, 09:45 PM
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here to bore you with pictures
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Re: No, Mr. Tick, I expect you to die.
On the plus side, if all vertebrates die out, the tick will, too.
Here's another - this one is at higher magnification and is a composite of 8 images focus stacked.
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08-13-2012, 01:59 AM
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Clutchenheimer
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Canada
Gender: Male
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Re: No, Mr. Tick, I expect you to die.
Its brain looks a little on the smooth side.
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08-13-2012, 02:05 AM
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here to bore you with pictures
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Re: No, Mr. Tick, I expect you to die.
I realized that it's not clear - these are all pictures of the bottom of the tick. Most of my rightside up pictures didn't turn out so well, although its mouth parts seemed pretty symmetrical, except for those round stubby feelers on the ends of each side of the "jaws".
I think I need to take some pictures of prettier things as a mental cleanser.
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08-13-2012, 02:07 AM
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Clutchenheimer
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Canada
Gender: Male
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Re: No, Mr. Tick, I expect you to die.
Sorry, I wasn't beefing with the picture. It's quote from a great episode of The Tick.
The Tick got me through much of my doctorate.
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