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Gigantic tick
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Photo Information |
Copyright: Monica Wiegert (magiqa)
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Genre: Animals |
Medium: Color |
Date Taken: 2005-08-20 |
Categories: Spiders |
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/60 seconds |
More Photo Info: [view] |
Photo Version: Original Version |
Date Submitted: 2005-08-21 13:14 |
Viewed: 4695 |
Points: 12 |
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[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
This disgusting tick, Ixodus ricinus in latin, sat on my dog's mouth. It was the biggest tick I have ever seen. Afterwards I found two other, smaller ones, between her eyes. The back of the tick (fästing in Swedish) is filled with blood from my dog. Some years ago these spider-animals were rare, but now they are spread by the deer. They can also cause a serious infection, borrelia. |
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Oh yuck, Monica. I really feel for your dog... and you because you had to remove it. My dog gets lots of ticks, but I have never seen one this engorged. I'd say this is a 2 point photo strictly because of the gross factor. Hope your dog is Ok. :-)
Obviously I have mixed feeling about this picture :-)
But - we're here to learn and not just admire the beautiful things
TFS!
Yes, that is disgusting. I have removed hundreds of those when we had our dog. And I still don't like walking in the forest in shorts in the summer for fear of these, since they are also quite fond of humans. A good trick to put a measuring tape next to it. But why category Spiders?
- Luc
(14767) - [2005-09-21 20:00]
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Oh! this is a tick. I never saw such creature before.
A very good post. Picture and note.
Thank you, Monica
Its truely is disgusting, but what a fine picture with the tape for sizing. Well done. Uhhhh there horrible!
- izler
(44) - [2006-03-18 11:37]
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hi monica. very interesting photo. really Gigantic tick. good composition. tfs. regards
:)