HOW FLEAS JUMP

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 15 Sep 2009 English Publisher:The Company of BiologistsJournal:Journal of Experimental Biology, volume 212, pages 2,881-2,883 (issn: 0022-0949, eissn: 1477-9145,

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Authors: Malcolm, Burrows;

doi: 10.1242/jeb.022855

pmid: 19717668

HOW FLEAS JUMP

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Abstract

![Figure][1] Our encounters with fleas are now thankfully limited to the unwanted infections of our pets, but for most mammals and birds they remain a continual annoyance. There are about 2000 species of fleas that suck the blood of a wide variety of hosts, each adapted to their own

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Keywords

Behavior, Animal, Video Recording, Animals, Humans, Insect Proteins, Siphonaptera, History, 20th Century, Locomotion

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