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Mike and I were camping, when I found a tick (I won't tell you where). While trying to remove it, we started to argue. He said that a tick is an insect, I said arachnid. It has eight legs and two body segments. What is it? -Karen


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Spiders are arachnids. They eat insects. Arachnids have eight legs and two body segments (Insects have 6 legs and 3 body segments).

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