Scientists conducted this flea jar experiment and discovered how the fleas passed on their limitations to their offspring. Fascinating!

In its early days the ukulele was known as a jumping flea because of the players’ fingers dancing about quickly! There are three verses with the same words to say and play each time, but singing ...

Dr Tim Cockerill claims to be able to make a flea jump through a hoop on demand but won’t divulge his secret! To misquote Mrs Beeton, ‘first catch your flea’. This was easily done at the ...

Don’t try to squish them – fleas jump quickly and can be hard to kill by hand. If you spot any fleas on your pup, be sure to ...

The legs are relatively long, the hind ones with especially large coxae to enable jumping, and the five-segmented tarsi have prehensile claws. The adult flea is highly adept at jumping, facilitated by ...