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Do ticks have lungs

Updated: 10/9/2023
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11y ago

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Ticks have an air hole called spiracles on the back side of its body close to its hind legs. This allows it to breathe when its mouth is submerged into the skin. Actually, the skin swells to expand the head.

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12y ago

they breathe through their little hole on their bottom when loged into their victom skin

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11y ago

Yes, but they are different from the lungs of a mammal- known as book lungs. A tick only breathes a few times an hour.

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