Can you find the ticks on this poppy seed muffin?

Well, this one is going to make you fat! Can you find the ticks on this poppy seed muffin? There are five.

These images come from the Centers for Disease Control. The federal agency that studies and manages the disease risks has published them on its Facebook page this week to warn people that these insects can be as tiny as a poppy seed. You must look closely at your clothes after finding them in the woods or walking in a field to find them. Experts say it's important to realize how few blood-sucking insects are.

Diseases transmitted by ticks

Ticks are known to transmit more than a dozen types of debilitating or even deadly bacteria through their stings to animals and humans.

Tick-borne diseases range from Lyme disease to Ehrlichia, anaplasmosis, spotted fever in the Rocky Mountains, to recurrent fever caused by ticks, which certainly do not sound good.

Check out this list published by the CDC with a summary of tick-related diseases that have been identified in your area of ​​the country. And this guide shows you where ticks live and how to react if you are stung.

Summer means ticks

Now that the summer is approaching, more and more people will be heading outside and ticks will be waiting for it.

The best way to protect yourself from rubbish, according to the authorities, is: Check your clothing for ticks, take a shower shortly after being out and use insect control products. Here is more information on the prevention of tick bites.

Did you find the five ticks?

Spoil alert: We looked and they are on the top and middle of the muffin, together in a group you can see their little legs.

Do you think you want to go to the bakery for poppy seed muffins?

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