<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Corwyn,</div><div><br></div><div>I should have specified that ticks are not known for their ability to climb <i>trees</i>. </div><div><br></div><div>(And as if us two-legged folks really know all there is to know about them.)</div><div><br></div><div>:)</div><div><br><br><div>Matt</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Jul 29, 2012, at 5:04 PM, Corwyn <<a href="mailto:corwyn@midcoast.com">corwyn@midcoast.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>On 7/29/2012 2:41 PM, Matt Dirksen wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>even though I know that ticks aren't know for their climbing</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>ability.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>I am not sure where that came from.  Ticks climb all the time.  They climb from the ground up unto vegetation from which the transfer to animals.  Once on an animal they climb up until the find a good place to dine.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Despite getting a lot of ticks ON me, I am not bit by, but 1 in 20, as I feel them climbing, and pick them off.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Thank You Kindly,</span><br><span></span><br><span>Corwyn</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>Topher Belknap</span><br><span>Green Fret Consulting</span><br><span>Kermit didn't know the half of it...</span><br><span><a href="http://www.greenfret.com/">http://www.greenfret.com/</a></span><br><span><a href="mailto:topher@greenfret.com">topher@greenfret.com</a></span><br><span>(207) 882-7652</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Greenbuilding mailing list</span><br><span>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Greenbuilding@bioenergylists.org">Greenbuilding@bioenergylists.org</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page</span><br><span><a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>