Author Topic: Tick takes on 1206 resistors  (Read 4183 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline joeqsmithTopic starter

  • Super Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 12277
  • Country: us
Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« on: May 20, 2021, 05:22:28 pm »
I had mentioned that it's tick season here and had posted a picture of the last one the dog brought in. 

I had placed the tick into a ziplock bag in case the dog develops a problem.   The bag was just something sitting on the lab counter which happened to have a few 1206 resistors in it. 

Now the odd part.  Over the last couple of weeks, the tick is turning these resistors to dust.   They are ceramic and it looks like someone is taking a hammer to them and grinding them up.   I have not caught it yet doing this and am not sure what triggers it but hope to get it on video.   As amazed I am that it can grind up ceramic, I am just as amazed that it can't cut through the thin plastic bag.   My Google foo let me down as I have not found any study that mentions the strength of a tick.   Seems like we could make use of this untapped power..



Offline amyk

  • Super Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 8526
Re: Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2021, 12:32:08 am »
As amazed I am that it can grind up ceramic, I am just as amazed that it can't cut through the thin plastic bag.
The tick is probably hitting the ceramic with its sharp jaws. The plastic is much more malleable.
 

Offline rfclown

  • Frequent Contributor
  • **
  • Posts: 420
  • Country: us
Re: Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2021, 01:30:39 am »
This is facinating. Who would ever have discovered this? Makes the mind wander to wonder if ticks can be made useful. If the tick was grinding up BeO, would it pose a risk? Clean breakage releases little dust but crushing or grinding actions can pose a risk.
 

Offline Trader

  • Frequent Contributor
  • **
  • !
  • Posts: 393
  • Country: us
Re: Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2021, 02:03:34 am »
Put it in the 14KV cage.
 

Offline Bud

  • Super Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 7276
  • Country: ca
Re: Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2021, 03:13:11 am »
The poor creature is really hungry after the couple of weeks  :'(
Facebook-free life and Rigol-free shack.
 

Online thinkfat

  • Supporter
  • ****
  • Posts: 2161
  • Country: de
  • This is just a hobby I spend too much time on.
    • Matthias' Hackerstübchen
Re: Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2021, 06:29:48 am »
She looks well fed to me. Probably just craving for some crackers.
Everybody likes gadgets. Until they try to make them.
 

Offline Zero999

  • Super Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 20357
  • Country: gb
  • 0999
Re: Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2021, 02:45:02 pm »
It would expect a tick to survive long period without food, because it has a slow metabolism.

Is it repeatable?

Does it happen after the tick has been fed? If you don't want to feed it on yourself, or your dog, then live catch a rodent. Obviously wear thick gloves when handing rodents and perform the experiment in a location, where there wouldn't be any damage, if the rodent escaped.
« Last Edit: May 21, 2021, 02:46:35 pm by Zero999 »
 

Offline Alti

  • Frequent Contributor
  • **
  • Posts: 404
  • Country: 00
Re: Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2021, 06:38:12 pm »
Ticks do not have jaws so I do not understand how it could crush a resistor.
Nature article "..feeding apparatus of the tick.. " with links to movies.
 

Offline PaulAm

  • Frequent Contributor
  • **
  • Posts: 939
  • Country: us
Re: Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2021, 07:47:52 pm »
Gad I hate ticks.  You can hit those suckers with a hammer and they'll just walk away.

The only way I've found to kill them is to drown them in alcohol, burn them with a torch, or preferably both
 

Offline chickenHeadKnob

  • Super Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 1062
  • Country: ca
Re: Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2021, 08:19:37 pm »
Gad I hate ticks.  You can hit those suckers with a hammer and they'll just walk away.

The only way I've found to kill them is to drown them in alcohol, burn them with a torch, or preferably both
After pulling near thousand ticks of my families many dogs, I perfected two easy ways to kill them. Either drop them in a jar of waste kitchen oil where they will swim for a while then suffocate, or grind them on a hard surface like a concrete driveway under a sharp stone. I would use the jar for a major tick cleaning of multiple mutts, rock grinding for the occasional discovery.

Maybe what is happening in Joe's bag is chemical in nature from the tick's waste products. just a guess.
 

Offline Gyro

  • Super Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 10172
  • Country: gb
Re: Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2021, 08:49:17 pm »
Gad I hate ticks.  You can hit those suckers with a hammer and they'll just walk away.

The only way I've found to kill them is to drown them in alcohol, burn them with a torch, or preferably both

The sellers of our previous house kindly left us with a bunch of cat fleas. I found that they could survive for a significant period of time immersed in IPA!
Best Regards, Chris
 

Offline amyk

  • Super Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 8526
Re: Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2021, 03:55:34 am »
Ticks do not have jaws so I do not understand how it could crush a resistor.
Nature article "..feeding apparatus of the tick.. " with links to movies.
Think of a miner chipping away at rock with a hammer.
 

Offline Zero999

  • Super Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 20357
  • Country: gb
  • 0999
Re: Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« Reply #12 on: May 22, 2021, 05:28:54 pm »
Gad I hate ticks.  You can hit those suckers with a hammer and they'll just walk away.

The only way I've found to kill them is to drown them in alcohol, burn them with a torch, or preferably both

The sellers of our previous house kindly left us with a bunch of cat fleas. I found that they could survive for a significant period of time immersed in IPA!
How about orange oil? That kills lots of insects and is completely harmless to humans. In fact it's often used to flavour food.
 

Offline joeqsmithTopic starter

  • Super Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 12277
  • Country: us
Re: Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« Reply #13 on: May 23, 2021, 01:20:26 am »
No new resistors have been destroyed however, she has started to lay eggs.   

https://www.tickcheck.com/info/deer-tick-life-cycle-and-active-periods

Online thinkfat

  • Supporter
  • ****
  • Posts: 2161
  • Country: de
  • This is just a hobby I spend too much time on.
    • Matthias' Hackerstübchen
Re: Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« Reply #14 on: May 23, 2021, 11:54:52 am »
Yeah, as I said, craving crackers. Not uncommon with pregnant females.
Everybody likes gadgets. Until they try to make them.
 

Offline coppice

  • Super Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 10031
  • Country: gb
Re: Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« Reply #15 on: May 23, 2021, 12:40:34 pm »
Most animals seem to like crunchy snacks. Most people would have just squashed the tick. Was the OP keeping this one to infect a competitor's dog?
« Last Edit: May 23, 2021, 12:43:34 pm by coppice »
 

Offline DrG

  • Super Contributor
  • ***
  • !
  • Posts: 1199
  • Country: us
Re: Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« Reply #16 on: May 23, 2021, 01:39:53 pm »
Most animals seem to like crunchy snacks. Most people would have just squashed the tick. Was the OP keeping this one to infect a competitor's dog?

I had placed the tick into a ziplock bag in case the dog develops a problem. 

https://www.hopkinslyme.org/lyme-education/what-to-do-after-a-tick-bite/
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/finding-the-tick-in-time-could-save-you-from-lyme-2017022411241

Granted, the basis of the advice in the links above concern saving the tick for later testing if necessary is geared toward humans, anyone can send these guys a tick for Lyme testing https://www.ticknology.org/tick-removal

I don't know which is more bizarre, your observations that "most animals" like crunchy snacks or your suggestion that the OP wants to take out other dogs viewed as owned by his competitors.

« Last Edit: May 23, 2021, 01:44:05 pm by DrG »
- Invest in science - it pays big dividends. -
 

Offline coppice

  • Super Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 10031
  • Country: gb
Re: Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« Reply #17 on: May 23, 2021, 02:11:27 pm »
I don't know which is more bizarre, your observations that "most animals" like crunchy snacks or your suggestion that the OP wants to take out other dogs viewed as owned by his competitors.
The later part of my comment was intended to be whimsical, but have you never noticed how a wide range of animals gnaw at things too hard to have any obvious nutritional qualities? It seems to be baked deep into animal behaviour. Sometimes it extracts minerals. Sometimes it accesses bone marrow locked inside. Sometimes it has no clear goal. Whatever the benefits, its commonplace.
 

Offline Stray Electron

  • Super Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 2253
Re: Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« Reply #18 on: May 23, 2021, 02:42:13 pm »
  When I lived in the mountains of Virginia (a tick haven!), the traditional way to dispose of ticks was the drop them into a can partially filled with diesel fuel or kerosene.
 

Offline joeqsmithTopic starter

  • Super Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 12277
  • Country: us
Re: Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« Reply #19 on: May 23, 2021, 03:12:33 pm »
Most animals seem to like crunchy snacks. Most people would have just squashed the tick. Was the OP keeping this one to infect a competitor's dog?

I thought the second sentence from my original post made it clear that if the dog developed any symptoms, the tick would be sent in for analysis.   
Quote
I had placed the tick into a ziplock bag in case the dog develops a problem. 

Offline DrG

  • Super Contributor
  • ***
  • !
  • Posts: 1199
  • Country: us
Re: Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« Reply #20 on: May 23, 2021, 03:35:03 pm »
I dislike ticks, the epitome of blood-sucking pestilence :)

A little drifting here, but normally, I am not in environments with high probability of tick existence, but, on occasion, I like to do nature photography. While I am conscientious about the dangers of pesticides, when I go out for this, I notice that I do not hesitate to use a good deal of pyrethrins on my clothing before embarking.

This happened just a few days ago when I wanted to document the cicada-fest that some of the US is experiencing.



Got a few good shots and didn't start twitching :) - may even have seen some that were infected with the cathinone fungus.
 
http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/local/fungus-full-of-psychedelic-drugs-could-cause-indiana-brood-x-cicadas-butts-to-fall-off/article_60c6c146-b4e8-11eb-9046-c32f2959461d.html?fbclid=IwAR05S5PS1qJTVKGmTgSssCBm0kUX9ELglYWbxAPSuOgBMF5eAVEhRhaOBZs

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2021/05/19/cicada-fungus-sex-drive/

[didn't see any of them eating resistors though :) ]


Edited to add: and let me concede that here in the US, we don't know what bugs are - compared to the Aussies that have big-ass moths that weigh more than an ounce and with a 25cm wing span...I am ok with the difference :)



https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/05/giant-wood-moth-found-queensland-australia-school


« Last Edit: May 23, 2021, 03:53:40 pm by DrG »
- Invest in science - it pays big dividends. -
 

Offline joeqsmithTopic starter

  • Super Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 12277
  • Country: us
Re: Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« Reply #21 on: May 23, 2021, 03:40:08 pm »
Most animals seem to like crunchy snacks. Most people would have just squashed the tick. Was the OP keeping this one to infect a competitor's dog?

I had placed the tick into a ziplock bag in case the dog develops a problem. 

https://www.hopkinslyme.org/lyme-education/what-to-do-after-a-tick-bite/
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/finding-the-tick-in-time-could-save-you-from-lyme-2017022411241

Granted, the basis of the advice in the links above concern saving the tick for later testing if necessary is geared toward humans, anyone can send these guys a tick for Lyme testing https://www.ticknology.org/tick-removal

I don't know which is more bizarre, your observations that "most animals" like crunchy snacks or your suggestion that the OP wants to take out other dogs viewed as owned by his competitors.

I enjoy a good competition and suspect most people would consider going after someones dog as part of a rivalry not only as dishonorable but a sign of mental illness.   We hear about animal abuse being linked with other mental problems.     

https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/first-they-tortured-animals-then-they-turned-to-humans

Offline DrG

  • Super Contributor
  • ***
  • !
  • Posts: 1199
  • Country: us
Re: Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« Reply #22 on: May 23, 2021, 03:49:53 pm »
Most animals seem to like crunchy snacks. Most people would have just squashed the tick. Was the OP keeping this one to infect a competitor's dog?

I had placed the tick into a ziplock bag in case the dog develops a problem. 

https://www.hopkinslyme.org/lyme-education/what-to-do-after-a-tick-bite/
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/finding-the-tick-in-time-could-save-you-from-lyme-2017022411241

Granted, the basis of the advice in the links above concern saving the tick for later testing if necessary is geared toward humans, anyone can send these guys a tick for Lyme testing https://www.ticknology.org/tick-removal

I don't know which is more bizarre, your observations that "most animals" like crunchy snacks or your suggestion that the OP wants to take out other dogs viewed as owned by his competitors.

I enjoy a good competition and suspect most people would consider going after someones dog as part of a rivalry not only as dishonorable but a sign of mental illness.   We hear about animal abuse being linked with other mental problems.     

https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/first-they-tortured-animals-then-they-turned-to-humans

I think it was just and attempt at humor. The fact that you went through the trouble of keeping the tick to begin with demonstrates that you do not suffer from mental illness (of that kind :) )

To be clear, animal cruelty for the sake of cruelty is pathological. I see a problem, however, with the suggested "conclusions" of that article - and there are many written that point out the same "fact". The problem is that they are only looking at one quadrant of the 2 X 2 contingency table and as a useful predictor, it is ill-advised, but we seem to gravitate toward these in the media all the time. What is the proportion of serial killers that did not display animal cruelty? What is the proportion of non-serial killers who displayed animal cruelty? - see what I am getting at?
- Invest in science - it pays big dividends. -
 

Offline Zero999

  • Super Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 20357
  • Country: gb
  • 0999
Re: Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« Reply #23 on: May 23, 2021, 03:55:46 pm »
I don't know which is more bizarre, your observations that "most animals" like crunchy snacks or your suggestion that the OP wants to take out other dogs viewed as owned by his competitors.
The later part of my comment was intended to be whimsical, but have you never noticed how a wide range of animals gnaw at things too hard to have any obvious nutritional qualities? It seems to be baked deep into animal behaviour. Sometimes it extracts minerals. Sometimes it accesses bone marrow locked inside. Sometimes it has no clear goal. Whatever the benefits, its commonplace.
Humans can also suffer from the same problem. It's known as pica. It's more common in young children, the mentally retarded and pregnant women but can affect anyone. Now you know, if you develop an appetite for chalk, wax crayons, wood etc. you should see a doctor and not be embarrassed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_(disorder)
 

Offline coppice

  • Super Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 10031
  • Country: gb
Re: Tick takes on 1206 resistors
« Reply #24 on: May 23, 2021, 04:01:59 pm »
To be clear, animal cruelty for the sake of cruelty is pathological. I see a problem, however, with the suggested "conclusions" of that article - and there are many written that point out the same "fact". The problem is that they are only looking at one quadrant of the 2 X 2 contingency table and as a useful predictor, it is ill-advised, but we seem to gravitate toward these in the media all the time. What is the proportion of serial killers that did not display animal cruelty? What is the proportion of non-serial killers who displayed animal cruelty? - see what I am getting at?
When people have a dispute its all too common for one party to attack those the other party cares about. The weak do it because they can't face the party they actually have an issue with. The strong but ruthless do it because its very effective. I doubt many do this because they actually want to be cruel to the party (human or other animal) they harm. They just don't care.
 


Share me

Digg  Facebook  SlashDot  Delicious  Technorati  Twitter  Google  Yahoo
Smf