You may have big bears, snakes or tigers in your country that scares you the most.
Despite the fact that we have elks, bears an wolves in Sweden, none of them is yhe most dangerous animal.
Instead it’s a tiny little creature almost invisible that scares us the most.
Have you heard of Tick? We call them “fästingar” in Sweden.
They creep up on us when we don’t notice them, they bite us and stay there, give us itching and can spread diseases that can lead to our death if we don’t get treatment in time.
They live in nature alomost everywhere, so in summertime we have to be careful where we walk.
But, isn’t it silly that the smallest animal is our most dangerous animal?
Here’s a drawing of a giant tick 🙂
Anna
Oh yes, Anna! We have ticks too and fortunately they don’t seem to like me. Hadn’t one on me so far.
Take care of yourself!
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Thanks, I will. I live in a tick area, but I try to be careful 🙂
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We are in an area where ticks bring borreliosis and tick-borne encephalitis so I know being careful is very important. I’m glad you’re taking care of yourself. Many people unfortunately just ignore this.
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I don’t. I know what harm they can do, so I try to stay away from them.
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My three cats gets them in their fur all the time, sometimes they fall off inside the house.. ive gotten bitten a few times and its really horrifying every time..
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It’s not fun when they bite. You never know what they’re caring with them.
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I do not like them. They are just creepy little thing and I have seen too much of them. When I had my dog, Zola, longhair German Shepard I hav to search for them every day from spring to autumn. And if I don´t find them on her, I find them on the floor, big as a cherry and full of blood. I hate them 😦
//P-L
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I can understand that!
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I have Lyme disease which I probably got from a tick. Very good idea to warn people about them!
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Yes, they’re not nice animals. Sorry about your disease, I hope you are as ok as you can be.
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I’m controlling it, so yes…
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I have just been staying on an island in the outer reaches of the Stockholm Archipelago where ticks are a problem (advice was to check one’s legs anytime one had been walking among the trees). I have some splendid photos which I shall be sharing sometime 🙂
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Can’t wait to read a post with your Stockholm pictures. I hope Sweden is nice to you and don’t give you tick bites 🙂
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ugh! I hate ticks. “pling”
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They’re not so nice, I agree. But they are what they are. “Pling”
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Ooh a very nasty creature and looks so on the drawings!
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I know, they’re can be really nasty.
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Do your ticks carry Lyme disease? I always hated ticks, but now they genuinely scare me. When I lived in Minnesota, it had become widespread.
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Yes I think they do. They are scary creatures.
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Ugh! I hate ticks! We have to do daily tick checks with the boys, all Summer long. The pets are susceptible too of course. Ya know, there are some things in nature that I struggle to understand what purpose they serve. Ticks are one.
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I know, it is hard to understand what use they do that can make up for all the trouble they give us.
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Yes we have ticks in Canada too. They can give you Lyme disease and that is nasty.
Leslie
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It is. You can’t love all nature 🙂
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That is one scary picture. Ticks can get in the worst places.
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Yes, they are not nice.
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ha! Ha! They are global citizens, these ticks!
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You’re right. Didn’t think of that 🙂
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Little vampire buggers, that’s what they are. Our dog got them all the time. And the children when they played in the woods. Now we live in the islands where we can get bad diseases from mosquitoes. I guess no place is safe.
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You are right. We all have dangerous animals somewhere.
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Icky, ugh, but fascinating. Great Post. ~~dru~~
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Thanks. Yes they are a little bit scary even if they are so small that they almost are invisible.
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I got 3 of those on me after looking for chanterelles in the forrest… and they are so tiny that they almost look like freckles on the skin. God they are disgusting! Why aren’t any bird feed on them?
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They’re too small to find for the birds? Someone must eat them, but I wonder who. There should be more enemies too that little tiny animal 😉
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