http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibvrx8_8Ga4
Short clip of a flea jumping – accompanied by traditional flea circus drum roll. Like most people, I don’t welcome fleas into my home… but viewing their remarkable leaping ability from afar like this appeals to me!
“New research from the University of Cambridge sheds light on how fleas jump, reaching speeds as fast as 1.9 meters per second. Using high-speed recording equipment and sophisticated mathematical models, Professor Malcolm Burrows and Dr Gregory Sutton from the University’s Department of Zoology, were able to prove that fleas use their toes to push off and propel themselves into the air.”