Soft ticks have a leathery, tough exoskeleton protecting them instead of a hard shell. Best known are the common fowl tick and relapsing fever tick. They are found on poultry or on rodents in caves and carry various diseases.
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Hard/Soft Ticks DifferenceTicks are either hard or soft. Hard have a shield over most of their body and feed on all sizes of mammals. Soft have a leathery exoskeleton and feed mostly on birds and bats. Both develop in stages and carry diseases. |
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