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JP
at Wed Mar 26 08:21:09 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by JP ]
Someone may have mentioned it, I didn't read them all. Ticks CAN live "internally" despite what others have said. Yes, they are strictly external parasites, but remember that both the male and female (to an lesser degree) EXTERNAL genitals are infolded into the body cavity. The inside of the cloaca is an area where ticks can and do live. Other such cavities, as you know, include the heat pits. So yeah, you very well can have a tick just inside the cloaca, totally hidden from view...
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