Even our poor bloody snakes get these rotten bastards -
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YIKES!!!
See the greyish coloured one? They're Paralysis Ticks, they can knock over a child or an adult
really badly and are death to most domestic animals (horrible death).
Luckily now there is an (expensive) anti Tick venom antidote, your dog or cat maybe in the vets for a week but there's a fair chance it will live.
We get lots here because of the 'roo and bandicoot population.