True Facts: Dangerous Little Ticks

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Published 2021-06-10
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CREDITS:

Footage from ‘The Tick Ixodes Ricinus and Lyme Disease’ licensed from and provided by Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) : www.tib.eu/en/

The original footage was created by: Dr. Franz-Rainer Matuschka, Freie Universität Berlin Dr. Andrew Spielman, Harvard School of Public Health Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film Gottingen
Dr. Uwe Sander - Director, Research Regine Feldmann - Editor Camera: Jurgen Kaeding, Kuno Lechner, Michael Schorsch, Hort Witman.

Extra special thank you to Dr. Dania Richter for her time and for her patience in helping me understand the remarkable life cycle of the Ixodes ticks. Dr. Richter led me to the remarkable documentary that is featured throughout this episode.

Thank you to Dania Richter, Franz-Rainer Matuschka, Andrew Spielman and L. Mahadevan for allowing me the use of images and footage from their amazing work on the feeding apparatus in: How ticks get under your skin: insertion mechanics of the feeding apparatus of Ixodes ricinus ticks dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1758

Special thank to Marie Vancová, Tomáš Bílý, Ladislav Šimo, Jan Touš, Petr Horodyský, Daniel Růžek, Adam Novobilský, Jiří Salát, Martin Strnad, Daniel E. Sonenshine, Libor Grubhoffer & Jana Nebesářová for making their work available through the CC 4.0 license. Three-dimensional reconstruction of the feeding apparatus of the tick Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae): a new insight into the mechanism of blood-feeding
doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56811-2

Thank you to Graham Hickling for licensing me his excellent footage of the egg laying process and Gene’s organ.
Check him out at: vimeo.com/user565817

Thank you Patrons Andrew Pann & Rick Rubenstein for inspiring jokes, and Tina Persson for asking that the tick not be named Tina)
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All Comments (21)
  • "This is what toilet paper looks like in hell. Now a word from our sponsor." That is some bold ad placement.
  • @GippyHappy
    Zefrank was definitely told by someone that when he says “tick” it sounds like “dick” and instantly knew what video he wanted to make next.
  • @justxbreathe
    My mother & I have a twisted habit of exploiting one-another’s weaknesses in a cruel but lighthearted bit of family friendly sadism. Her weakness is hair in food, second only to ticks… i just.. i just don’t think I can thank you enough for this absolute gift. She has no idea what’s coming.
  • @iancr8199
    So much fun learning about hard and soft đicks. Thank you Zefrank :)
  • @rofl_waffl
    He's not even saying ticks, all I can hear is the "D" and the innuendos are amazing
  • @Kyrpomaniac
    remember guys, there’s only 2 types of “D”ticks. soft “D”ticks and hard “D”ticks
  • As a guy with a Biology degree and at least 20 tick bites under his belt, this is the best worst thing I've ever seen. Thank you for a wonderful Thanksgiving 💛
  • @jackashmore
    “As is the custom” better be a running joke now
  • @majimoo
    "What a nice video to watch over lunch" - me 10 minutes before skipping lunch
  • @coalfpv
    Absolutely brilliant. From the ambiguous accent to demeaning the editor in voiceover, this was extremely well presented. Thank you.
  • @JaxBlade
    This video just made me feel like one of these lil buggers was crawling on me the whole time lmaoo
  • @mecha_shadow
    ive never had more joy than hearing zefrank say “mahs-co-ee-toh”
  • @zhadoomzx
    This organism makes me reconsider how i feel about extinctions
  • This man is a jewel! I honestly hope some nature documentary hires him as narrator. I'd watch the crap outta that. Don't forget Jerry, the silent, but comic foil. Gotta have him along on all auditions.
  • @jakeisom
    “The chicks would eat a whole bag of ticks.” I’m dying 😂
  • @peter_parkour
    "There are two kinds of ticks : soft ticks and hard ticks ." I lost it there. 😂
  • @pjyoung191
    So I'm currently doing a dog grooming course at college and we have to know about parasite life cycles for the theory exam. This is easily the best (and funniest) way to revise