Schlagwort: Ticks

In Queensland, Australien, haben sie neulich einen Python gefangen, der von nicht weniger als 511 Zecken befallen war. Ich habe es ja nicht so mit Schlangen, noch weniger aber habe ich es mit Zecken. Beides zusammen ist so richtig nope.

Der Python, den sie Nike getauft haben, wurde zur Currumbin Wildlife Hospital Foundation gebracht, wo sie ihn von den Blutsaugern befreit haben. Seit dem 12. Januar ist Nike offiziell zeckenfrei, fühlt sich allerdings ob Blutmangels immer noch nicht ganz wohl.

A snake that was recently captured near a suburban home in Queensland, Australia, was covered with hundreds upon hundreds of ticks. So many of the bloodsucking parasites clung to the snake that the unfortunate reptile looked like it was wearing a second coat of living scales. […]

Harrison brought the snake to Currumbin Wildlife Hospital Foundation in Queensland, where 511 ticks were removed from the python’s body. The snake, dubbed Nike, was finally pronounced tick-free on Jan. 12, but was still „very unwell“ with anemia, hospital representatives wrote on Facebook.

Before his visit to the hospital, Nike was in a bad way. Clusters of ticks studded the python’s head and body; some were small and flattened, while others were swollen and bloated with blood. It was a parasitic infestation the likes of which Harrison had never seen in 26 years of snake catching, according to the Facebook post.

(via René)