Ticks are arachnids, they have eight legs. I think they're built to be squishproof so they don't get itched off so easily. On the rare occasions that we find them, we drop them into a bit of water, and they swiftly drown.
I found one a little while ago after I'd been tromping through some local pine forest. I believe they're known to lurk on plants so they can drop onto heat sources they detect, or animals that brush the plant. I believe they try to climb up to the head before they attach, and when they do attach they latch on very securely and dig their head under the skin. Since the tick you found was loose and not gorged on blood, you probably weren't bitten.
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Date: 2006-06-09 05:48 pm (UTC)I found one a little while ago after I'd been tromping through some local pine forest. I believe they're known to lurk on plants so they can drop onto heat sources they detect, or animals that brush the plant. I believe they try to climb up to the head before they attach, and when they do attach they latch on very securely and dig their head under the skin. Since the tick you found was loose and not gorged on blood, you probably weren't bitten.