Tick Life

In 1934, philosopher Jakob von Uexküll published Streifzüge durch die Umwelten von Tieren und Menschen, translated in English as A Foray into the Worlds of Animals and Humans, with A Theory of Meaning. In his book, Uexküll explains how hungry ticks can survive for eighteen years without drinking a single drop of blood. But more importantly, ticks spend their lives waiting atop of branches for a ma…