Image: S.E.M. picture of a tick indicating the position of Haller’s organ on the tips of the front legs – © Belozerov, Kok & Fourie 2004
#Monday #FunDay! Here's today's fun fact:
Did you know #ticks can "smell" using their front legs?
Ticks have a unique "Haller’s organ" that allows them to "sniff" for odors emitted by hosts, including pyruvate and ammonia, as well as carbon dioxide.
Weird!
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...