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Tick Talk

  • May 8, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Ticks are not insects. They’re eight-legged arachnids, like spiders. All drink blood, but different types feed off people, animals, birds, reptiles, or amphibians. A tick bite can give you an infection like Rocky Mountain spotted fever or Lyme disease.

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