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A Russian biologist is now reporting a surge of aggressive ticks that as you can see by the video have a tendency to chase their victims.
Yes, chase.
The video you're seeing is believed to be of a tick called the hyaloma which according to biologist Dimitri Savanov is not only resistant to hunger, extreme weather conditions and aerosol sprays, but also is not native to Russian territory, but rather Africa and Asia.
He suggested they could have been brought to Russia through migratory birds.
The what he said in an interview about these ticks, the stuff of nightmares.
These are real hunters.
If our ticks near Moscow are partisan, who sit quietly in the grass and wait for you to pass by, then the hyaloma behaves aggressively.
They see the victim and run after them.
Moreover, their speed is several times higher than the ticks that we are used to.
It's difficult to escape from such a sprinter.
Can we just catch a breakš