r/MadeMeSmile • u/Firm-Blackberry-9162 • May 20 '26

ANIMALS Forever grateful

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u/Low_Bandicoot6844 May 20 '26

Deer ticks transmit Lyme disease.

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u/Suspicious_Glow May 20 '26

Deer can also carry the Lone Star Tick which can make people allergic to red meat.

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u/GordieLaChance May 20 '26

Also the Garden State Tick which can make people over-mousse their hair, get extreme tans and hang out down by the shore.

(Sorry my jokes are 15 years out of date--probably due to an undiagnosed tick bite).

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u/Big-Active3139 May 21 '26

Jersey shore is still on the air, so you good fam

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u/TheRealtcSpears May 20 '26

And like the Lone Star Tick, make you allergic to anything other than Pork Roll

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u/Googulator May 24 '26

You could say it's a verbal tick of yours.

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u/OpheliaDearest May 21 '26

He was born in our sandbags and abandoned by his mother not long after, maybe because he was tiny and blind in one eye.

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u/elwebst May 20 '26

And hang out with Snookie

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u/nWhm99 May 20 '26

It's a hilarious irony that texas tick makes people allergic to red meat.

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u/elwebst May 20 '26

Guess I'll just starve to death then

  • Texans

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u/Deaffin May 20 '26

That's where most of the cows were getting butchered, so it makes sense to introduce the patch there first.

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u/YBHunted May 21 '26

Very low chance, but yeah... I had one on my arm last year when I was cutting grass. Hadnt bit me yet was still crawling around. I stripped down almost naked in my yard rubbing myself down like a lunatic.

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u/PrestigiousZucchini9 May 21 '26

I stripped down almost naked in my yard rubbing myself down like a lunatic.

I do that thanks to a different type of tick.

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u/Rentington May 20 '26

Damn so they can't even eat it after raising it?

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u/PowderedToastFanatic May 20 '26

Deer ticks aren't JUST on deer ya know...

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u/Deaffin May 20 '26

Cars aren't just on the road either, but I'm gonna be more mindful of them there than in this corn field.

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u/CannabisAccount420 May 20 '26

Lyme disease takes at least 24-48 hours of a tick feeding on you to transmit. Most people would check themselves over after being in this close of contact with wildlife.

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u/tehForce May 20 '26

European strains have been observed transmitting in 12 hours. Best thing to do is not get a tick. Permethrin is your friend.

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u/DiscoBanane May 20 '26

You don't get ticks insantly, it's not like fleas.

The animal come in your garden, ticks detach from it and lay eggs in your garden, then they are hungry and seek another meal but it can be 2 weeks later.

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u/FrostyD7 May 20 '26

The point is they are visible and removable. If you do anything risking ticks, you should be stripping down and checking everywhere at some point that day.

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u/SomeVelveteenMorning May 21 '26

Yeah you can get an infection from deer ticks... but dear ticks only spread... affection. 

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u/alecC25 May 20 '26

If you know how to take a shower or have general hygiene you don’t need to worry