Tick

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Tue May 08, 2018 1:25 pm

Tick

Fun fact - If you drop a living tick into a jar of acetone, the legs don't ball up like a fist. When you retrieve the subject the next day, all of the legs are extended.

Mike

perdu34 · Post by **perdu34** » Tue May 08, 2018 1:33 pm

That really is a fun fact!

rolsen · Post by **rolsen** » Thu May 10, 2018 5:41 am

Interesting fact. Does the acetone change colors of the subject?

- Rane

BugEZ · Post by **BugEZ** » Thu May 10, 2018 5:42 am

You might ask the tick if that is a “fun” fact... It might have a differing opinion.

I practiced numerous cruelties on invertebrates in my youth. Now I am glad that when I close the lid on the freezer I can not hear them scream...

Keith

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Thu May 10, 2018 12:40 pm

Unlike alcohol, which bleaches the colors out of many insects ( like turning the yellow in hornets black) acetone does not affect the colors. As for the morality of doing cruel things to ticks, I live in a forest on a mountaintop with cats, who bring ticks in when they go out. Cats sleep beside us on our beds. The next time anyone combs their hair and finds an engorged tick on their comb, I would think they might want to explore their opinions.