These bloodthirsty ticks are a carnivore’s nightmare — and they’re just waking up

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By Zoya TeirsteinMay 1, 2018, 4:16 pm87 pts
When Peter Coughlin was in his sophomore year at James Madison University in northern Virginia, he was besieged by a strange and unsettling illness. At random times throughout the night, Coughlin would wake up with hives, full body chills, and raging fevers. These episodes always ended up with him in the…

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