Ticks on an Eel: Museum Specimen is a First of its Kind

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An electric eel donated to a natural history museum in 1873 had two ticks embedded in its skin, making it the first known instance of ticks parasitizing a fish. But it was never documented until now, more than 150 years later, when a curator and tick specialist chanced upon the specimen, identified the ticks, and reported the case in the Journal of Medical Entomology. [Read more]

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