Science News | Watch a tick get lifted by static electricity | Science News @ScienceNewsMag | Uploaded June 2023 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
An electrically charged nylon ball attracts a nearby tick (Ixodes ricinus), lifting it to the object’s surface by electrostatic forces. Since static charges are common on vertebrates, ticks might leverage the free ride to make the jump to potential hosts.
Read more: sciencenews.org/article/static-electricity-pull-ticks-hosts
Video: S.J. England, K. Lihou and D. Robert/Current Biology 2023