Hard ticks in the Amblyomma genus feeding on a yellow footed tortoise in the Amazon. Their host is threatened with extinction so is this tick species.

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Location: Yasuni National Park, Ecuador
Photo credit: © Anton Sorokin / Alamy / Afripics
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