1. In 1967, researcher Henry Bennet-Clark
discovered that fleas have an elastic pad
made of a protein called resilin, which
they release like a tensed spring to
catapult themselves into the air.
Flea Facts: Olympic
Athletes?
Olympic
Athletes?
Source www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef602.asp & Cambridge University Flea Jump Study
ULTRA GUARD
®
A flea can jump 30,000 times
in a row without stopping.
A flea can jump up to 8 inches high.
That is 150 times its own height.
If you could do this, you'd be able
to leap 2.5 football fields.
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