"Tick Tactics" -- The Discovery Files

Scientists at the University of Cincinnati say the hungrier ticks are, the harder they try to find people or other hosts -- a finding that could have implications for the spread of tick-borne diseases such as Lyme or Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. The researchers explain that starved ticks' metabolisms speed up, causing them to hunt more aggressively.
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