The mouthparts of a tick are specialised for piercing skin. Backward-pointing barbs make the tick very hard to remove when it is attached to one's skin.
Find out why ticks are so tricky.
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The mouthparts of a tick are specialised for piercing skin. Backward-pointing barbs make the tick very hard to remove when it is attached to one's skin. Find out why ticks are so tricky. |