10. Ticks crawl up - Ticks don't jump, fly, or drop from trees onto your head and back. If you find one attached there, it most likely latched onto your foot or leg and crawled up over your entire body.
SEATTLE, WA - In May of 2012, special forces veteran, Mickey Grosman, a modern-day explorer, adventurer, and survivalist, will launch a 5,000 mile, year long expedition on foot along the Amazon River and rainforest of South America,
40,000 cases of lyme disease are documented in the US alone every year and health experts are predicting 2012 to be the worst year for Lyme risk ever. A warm winter combined with and a lean harvest of acorns are adding to this risk. Acorns? According to a recent article in the New York Times, a lack of acorns results in a smaller population of rodents - meaning that ticks will be looking for other hosts - us! http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/03/nyregion/boom-and-bust-in-acorns…
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