This static trick can be used by hungry ticks to land on your pet and you – METRO

A normal level of static — the charge that fur, feathers, scales or clothes pick up with movement — could pull the critters across gaps of a fraction of an inch (a few millimeters or centimeters), according to the study. England noted that, while the distances seem tiny to us humans, they are a huge leap for small ticks.

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