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Ticks suck—literally and figuratively. The tiny arachnids inspire almost universal heebie-jeebies, with their seemingly indestructible bodies and Terminator-like determination to gorge themselves on our blood. But the biggest threat to humans isn’t the ticks themselves—it’s the pathogens in their gut. Some species of tick carry a type of spiral-shaped bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, better known as the pathogen that causes Lyme disease.
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