Okokimup@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that even though ticks can't fly or jump, they can use static electricity to launch themselves onto passing mammalswww.science.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down10cross-posted to: science@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1103arrow-down1external-linkTIL that even though ticks can't fly or jump, they can use static electricity to launch themselves onto passing mammalswww.science.orgOkokimup@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: science@lemmy.ml
minus-squareMadMenace@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoThey probably don’t. Even if some ticks get swept up by non-hosts and die, enough find food this way to make it favorable to evolution.
They probably don’t. Even if some ticks get swept up by non-hosts and die, enough find food this way to make it favorable to evolution.