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cruelty to arthropods Anonymous
has anyone ever 'popped' a tick when it's gorged? is it like popping a blood filled ballonn?
>> Anonymous
I usually eat them. They are quite delicious with the crunchy exterior and the succulent moist insides.
>> Anonymous
>>181482
These things are so rugged that you have to grind them up between shoe and a concrete floor. You can't kill them by squeesing them between your fingers.
>> Anonymous
Trying to pop them is a bad, bad idea. You just end up squeezing some of the blood back under your skin, because the bug certainly isn't letting go. This increases the risk of getting something nasty like Lyme disease quite a bit, I've heard.

Of course if you're not in an area with disease-carrying ticks, you're likely just fine...

Also, scraping them off with a knife isn't going to work (as the jaws will be left behind, as will the bug's thorax). Neither will choking them with butter (the bug starts vomiting before moving away -- that's quite bad). There's special tick pincers one can use to get them off your (and your pets') skin; they somehow manage to coax the bug into releasing its jaws before lifting it off.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
anything hot will do. a match works wonders. touch him on the back and boy will he start to back the fuck out. that or just pull it off and then cut the jaws out of your skin;
>> Anonymous
Ive taken them off my dog and popped them, and you need to put ALTO of pressure on em to pop em.. Its a hearty pop to.
>> Anonymous
vasaline, they simply die from lack of air, then u yoink em out
>> AnonyCrush
Do NOT fucking use fire or knifes. They'll ' barf' the blood back into the wound, causing disease. Use a special tweezer, can be gained at apothecarys and doctors, mefinks.

Seriously. Lyme.
>> Anonymous
>>182124
Enjoy your lyme americafag.
>> Anonymous
>>181534
they might vomit and you'll get some nice disease. The best way is to use tweezers and roll them around until they pop off
>> Anonymous
tweezers?!
jesus christ just use your fucking fingers you pussies
>> Anonymous
>>182169
4chan has too many brain damaged alpha male types. They need to stay on the boards with tits.

Doing it with your fingers could leave its head lodged in you, which does a lot of very bad things to you.
>> Anonymous
>>182169
Actually no, since the mouthpieces may get stuck in the wound.
Use tweezers, grab the head as far down as possible and pull out.
That rotation thing is a myth, just make sure you get it out in one piece.
>> Anonymous
After you pulled the fucker, put it in a plastic box and take it to a doc.
They can check what kind of diseases you can expect.
>> Anonymous
Lyme disease doesn't exist in the south US.
I can squeeze ticks all i want.
>> Anonymous
>>182178
... ;_;
I wish I thought of that
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>182192

i just fucking laughed so hard
>> Anonymous
Used to live in ND

fuck there are a lot ticks there

only 1 ever managed to bite me. Found them crawling on me all the time. I used to keep a jar on me for them in which I tossed them all into. The jar was getting pretty full by the time I moved. Buried it sealed in the backyard.

I fucking hate ticks
>> Anonymous
>>182192

I laughed, but honestly, if you've got a knife handy, just use it to scrape the thing off your arm instead of cutting a chunk out of yourself.
>> Anonymous
more like a realy tough zit, but dont pop that shit when its on you
>> Anonymous
>>182192
lulz
>> Anonymous
>>182192

lol wut
>> Anonymous
Anybody ever tried shooting a tick off with a .45?
>> Anonymous
The proper way to remove a tick is to use a pair of tweezers, grasp the tick as close to your skin as possible, and then pull up on it until your skin begins to pull with it. Then hold it in that position for a few minutes and the tick will let go of your skin. This removes the hazard of leaving the head buried in your skin, and the chance of it releasing blood back into your body transferring Lyme Disease. Thread over
>> Anonymous
>>182406
Oh yeah I do that all the time
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>>182192
>>182413
>> Anonymous
>>182192
>>182413

rofl
>> Anonymous
I pulled a tick off of my dog and proceeded to burn the tick with my lighter. It made a popping noise, and flipped over. It had two baby ticks attached to it. It looked so disgusting. I fucking hate ticks.
>> Anonymous
>>182413
Haha