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Ticks Use This One Neat Trick to Help Them Suck Your Blood, Study Finds

Posted on July 3, 2023

Blood-sucking ticks might be even clingier than we thought. Recent research has found that at least one tick species seems to use static electricity to help itself grapple onto potential hosts. The trick allows the tick to extend its reach by several body lengths, the authors say.

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