Ticks are parasites that feed on the blood of animals, including humans. They transmit the widest variety of pathogens of any blood-sucking arthropod. Tick-bourne diseases include Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, babesiosis, rocky mountain spotted fever, tularemia and tick-bourne relapsing fever.
Fun fact: During feeding, ticks can sometimes get so engorged on blood, they more than quadruple in size, causing them to be immobile.
When detached and squeezed, they explode with a deliciously squishy 'Pop', releasing blood and other gore contained within their vacuum bag-like posteriors.
Interesting yet disgusting creatures, these insects are.
It would be fun to watch how enlarged they can get on their own,
before they reach capacity,
and blow up.
:)
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