High Jump Champion Fleas

Tags:
Babelgum Our Earth High Record Jump Leap Small Flea Cats Highest
Babelgum
  • By: Babelgum
  • Subscribers: 27
  • Updated: 05-Dec-09
  • Videos: 11135
  • International English
  • Comments: 0
  • Views: 22
  • Added: 06-Oct-09

Smaller than a match head, the cat flea can leap a staggering 33-cm in a single jump, equivalent to a high jumper soaring some 400 metres into the air. With an acceleration of over 20 times that required launching a space rocket, a trigger mechanism releases the resilin, extending the legs in less than a millisecond.

  1. Categories: People & Stories
Comments on

High Jump Champion Fleas

0 Comments | Be the first to comment