Yup and the microorganisms that call them home are all kinds of weird too. Babeiosis is a lot like malaria in that its a microscopic eukaryote with really wacky parasite genetics because a long time ago its ancestors were probably just free-living little fellas, so their genomes are tiny and very silly.
Tick born diseases can be the weirdest and scariest shit. I
Ticks in general are weird, interesting, and also terrifying
Yup and the microorganisms that call them home are all kinds of weird too. Babeiosis is a lot like malaria in that its a microscopic eukaryote with really wacky parasite genetics because a long time ago its ancestors were probably just free-living little fellas, so their genomes are tiny and very silly.
Totes, I got babiosis, lyme, and alpha gal allergies from ticks and now I’m paranoid about them.