An Invasive Tick That Can Clone Itself Is Spreading Across the U.S.

haxor@derp.foo · 2 years ago

An Invasive Tick That Can Clone Itself Is Spreading Across the U.S.

protist@mander.xyz · 2 years ago

If you don’t want to read the article, the concern is some cows in Ohio essentially bled to death because thousands of these ticks sucked so much of their blood

Fermion@feddit.nl · 2 years ago

That’s crazy. Afaik most North American ticks can’t really penetrate the thick skin of bovine. Even if there’s effective antiparasitics for these idk how you would go about eliminating them from your property.

NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Do we need Ohio? Better shoot it into the sun just to be safe

protist@mander.xyz · 2 years ago

While I don’t necessarily disagree, it unfortunately seems they’ve already been found in 19 states

penguin_knight@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

there’s still 33 more states. not a bad loss?

Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee · 2 years ago

Did we get 2 more states? How long have I been asleep?

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com · 2 years ago

Well that’s terrifying.

An Invasive Tick That Can Clone Itself Is Spreading Across the U.S.

An Invasive Tick That Can Clone Itself Is Spreading Across the U.S.

An Invasive Tick That Can Clone Itself Is Spreading Across the U.S., Threatening Livestock