A blue tick is embedded in the skin of a large Gabon Viper. These exoparasites drink the blood of the host untill engorged and then drop off
A blue tick is embedded in the skin of a large Gabon Viper. These exoparasites drink the blood of the host untill engorged and then drop off and in this final cycle then lay thousands of eggs in the soil
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Location: Entebbe, Uganda
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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