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What If Ticks Were the Size of Humans?

What If Ticks Were the Size of Humans?



Ticks. They drink your blood and infect you with disease. But they’re about to get much worse. They’re growing into huge monstrosities. And they’re coming for you. How would ticks behave if they were human-sized? How much of your blood would they need for each meal? And why should you just let them eat you? What can lyme disease and powassan virus do to your body?

00:00 Ticks the Size of a Human
00:46 Lyme Disease, Powassan Virus and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
02:19 What would these ticks do to you?
04:29 How much blood would they drink?

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