How Many Licks? VH1 wrote that the single and other tracks from "The Notorious K.I.M." have a "glossier and far more commercial" sound than the rapper's previous releases. The lyrics of "How Many Licks?" are part of a movement in 1990s hip hop music to express sexuality positively. Sexuality studies professor Thomas A. Foster wrote that Lil' Kim reverses a trend in hip hop music which objectifies women for the male gaze and celebrates male sexuality. Gender studies scholar Aine McGlynn described "How Many Licks?" as one of the most sexually-explicit songs to receive airplay. The lyrics describe a woman's interest in oral
Ticks of domestic animals classification of the Acari, including the two families of ticks of importance to domestic animals is in the article Mites of livestock. "Amblyomma" species are widespread on domestic animals throughout tropical and subtropical regions. Typical "Amblyomma" species are: "Amblyomma americanum", the lone star tick of southern and eastern USA; "Am. cajennense", the Cayenne tick of South America and southern USA; "Amblyomma variegatum", the bont tick of Africa and the Caribbean (see Gallery below for photograph of female and male). A typical "Rhipicephalus" species is "Rhipicephalus sanguineus", the tropical dog tick, specialized to feed only on dogs. It is distributed globally