Have you ever heard of the Rhipicephalus sanguineus? Probably not, it is a brown dog tick. The brown dog tick is an animal that sucks on blood and mostly on dogs. The brown dog tick lives mostly in the central part of America.

                       
The Rhipicephalus Sanguines is commonly known as the brown dog tick. The brown dog tick is about the size of a quarter when it is full grown.  The brown dog tick is a brownish red color. Over the years the brown dog tick has adapted to the warmer weather where there are more dogs. The brown dog tick is an animal that sucks on blood, which is what makes it kind of red.

                       
The brown dog tick is a small but vicious predator.  It is mostly found in the southern hemisphere where it is warmer. There are more than 1,000,000 Brown dog ticks in the world and counting. They eat blood and leaves.

                       
The brown dog tick has more than 3,000 eggs per birth. It is eaten by birds and likes to suck on dog’s blood. They like blood and like dogs blood especially. It is eaten by birds when they hide in little cracks. It is a very little bug.

                       
The brown dog tick is not very important because it can kill a man’s best friend, the dog. It is very small sometimes it is smaller than a dime. I liked the tick because it is very interesting.  

           
Author: Logan H
Published: 02/2013 

           

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