Hello and welcome to the naked scientists the show where we bring you the

latest breakthroughs in science technology and medicine I'm Will Tingle and

as the chiff chiff-chaff behind me can testify we are slowly creeping towards spring here in the northern hemisphere

and with that being the case it's time to get back out into nature and enjoy the wild outdoors

But with that comes the need to keep aware of a

potentially very nasty group of parasites. So this week I'm getting ticked off

about the uptick in ticks as we look at what they are the problems they cause and what we can do to

tick them off our worry list.

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This is the show where we bring science. What that

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this is the naked scientist. As someone that's had a few run-ins with animal critters out in the field,

there is little out there more shudder-inducing than

finding something feasting on your body and ticks are no exception but we

shouldn't let fear of running into a tick stop us from enjoying all of this and so

perhaps the best way for us to start here is to know our

enemy. What is a tick? Where do they come from and how do we come into contact with

them? I've been speaking with the UK Health and Security agencies Jolion Medlock.

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