Ticks

Ticks are parasites, pertaining the Arachnida class. They live parasitically sucking blood from different animals, as well as from humans.
They are the carriers and the cause for a number of illnesses, of which the most dangerous for humans are:

      - Marseilles fever ;
      - Q-fever ;
      - Tularemia ;
      - Tick-borne encephalitis, etc. ;

Caution! Ticks usually attack people and animals in parks,gardens, forests, pastures and other areas with a rich overgrowth. There, ticks wait for their host (usually on verdure), and then attack.