Wildland firefighters in certain parts of the country occasionally get ticks, the disgusting little creatures that suck your blood. I usually remove them with tweezers, but who knew there were several gadgets specially made for tick removal.
For example the one above, the Trix TickLasso, apparently lassos the tick so you can pull it out.
BoingBoingGadgets has information about more devices including one that freezes the little bastards, and several that sort of scoop them out.
