Part 8: Body of proof
Did you know? The female flea consumes 15 times her own body weight in blood daily…and yet still maintains her slim figure.
Did you know? The female flea consumes 15 times her own body weight in blood daily…and yet still maintains her slim figure.
Did you know? Flea poop is dried blood that hasn’t been digested, and left for the larvae to feed on. Fleas are gross.
Did you know? Undisturbed and without a blood meal, a flea can live more than 100 days. On average, they live two to three months. In other words, the fuckers are survivors.
Did you know? If you happen to see one flea, there may be more than 100 offspring or adults looming nearby in furniture, corners, cracks, carpeting, and on your pet…and they are watching you.
Did you know? The Bubonic Plague was spread not by rats but by the fleas on the rats.
Did you know? Flea populations in the house are generally made up of 5% adults, 10% pupae, 35% larvae, 50% eggs.
Did you know? A female flea can lay 2,000 eggs in her lifetime…and never gives any of her babies up for adoption.
Did you know? Siphonaptera is the Latin word for flea.
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