Sentences with phrase «nostril ticks»

Although researchers know very little about nostril ticks, including which other species they infest and if they carry any diseases, Goldberg speculates that his might be adapted to live in noses of chimpanzees.

Still, the thought of nostril ticks spreading throughout North America isn't keeping him up at night.

He's seen lots of chimpanzees with nostril ticks during his time in the field, so he's not surprised a few of the parasites have taken advantage of his presence to burrow into the nose of a closely related primate.

Species - jumping nostril ticks are «yet another example of how nature provides opportunities for pathogen spillover,» says tick biologist Thomas Mather of the University of Rhode Island, Kingston.

It was cold and black in the high school parking lot, with that sharp frigidity of the northern winter that makes nostrils tick at each breath.

«It's fun to welcome Tony to that small, elite club of publishers on ticks in the nose,» says Gary Aronsen, an anthropologist at Yale University who is one of the few other scientists to have written about a close encounter with a nostril tick.

This was not Goldberg's first nostril tick, and it's unlikely to be his last.

Nearly a year and a half after removing his own nostril tick, Goldberg hasn't suffered any ill effects.

The nostril tick belonged to the genus Amblyomma, species of which are known to carry diseases that can infect mammals ranging from cows to people.

Not exact matches

Another scientist may have identified a new species of tick — after discovering one nestled in his nostril.

Have a young hedgehog infested with fleas — and ticks — but is blinded by flea larvae wanting to enter the eyes, ears and nostrils.