A tick takes a ride.
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Ticks can use static electricity. They zoom through the air. (Sam England via AP) -
A tick waits on a plant. It stretches its legs out. When a person or animal gets close, it will catch a ride. (123RF) -
There are different kinds of ticks. This is a lone star tick. (James Gathany/CDC via AP) -
This is a deer tick. (AP/Victoria Arocho) -
Some tick bites make people sick. Doctors look for ways to help. (AP/Gary M. Baranec)
Do you hear a tummy growl? A tick needs lunch!
Zoom. The tick floats up. It rides on electricity (ee-leck-TRIS-ih-tee). It goes through the air. It lands. Time to bite!
Pray: Ticks can make people sick. Ask God to protect people from the illnesses these bugs carry.
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New science shows ticks use some slick tricks to travel. Ticks cannot jump or fly. They use static electricity to move through air. Humans and animals pick up static every day. Those charges give ticks a boost. Ticks latch onto people and pets. They drink some blood. The boost looks little to a human. But it is giant for a tick. It is like jumping three or four flights of stairs at once!
“For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.” (Psalm 18:29)
