Just when you thought the nasty pests couldn’t get any worse.
"We see this when we get a static shock after bouncing on a trampoline, or when rubbing a balloon on our hair, for example. But this electrostatic charging also happens to animals in nature when they rub against objects in their environment like grass, sand, or other animals.
In their experiments, the scientists witnessed the ticks being readily pulled through the air across air gaps of several millimeters or centimeters. "Then, we placed ticks underneath an electrode, with an air gap in between, and increased the charge on the electrode until the ticks were attracted onto the electrode. By doing this we were able to determine the minimum electric field strength at which the ticks could be attracted.
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