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3 de ene. de 2021 · Fundraiser. Fleas can jump distances of up to 50 times their body length. But how do they perform such incredible leaps? Dr Erica McAlister, Senior Curator of Diptera at the Museum, explains ...
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The flea jump is so rapid and forceful that it exceeds the capabilities of muscle, and instead of relying on direct muscle power, fleas store muscle energy in a pad of the elastic protein named resilin before releasing it rapidly (like a human using a bow and arrow).
10 de feb. de 2011 · 5.75M subscribers. Subscribed. 1.2K. 588K views 13 years ago. Forty-four years after the debate about how fleas jump began, researchers say they've solved the mystery thanks to high-speed cameras...
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14 de feb. de 2011 · By Matt Kaplan. February 14, 2011. • 2 min read. It was no small task, but researchers have solved a long-term mystery—how fleas jump. Now high-speed video (watch above) confirms the insects take...
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10 de feb. de 2011 · Cambridge University scientists have solved the mystery of how fleas jump so far and so fast. It was known that the energy to catapult a flea over a distance up to 200 times its body length lay...
10 de mar. de 2020 · Fleas are ridiculously fast jumpers. Sutton found that a flea could complete its takeoff in as little as one millisecond. Adult fleas use that fast jump to get away from danger, but also to leap onto their furry or feathered hosts.
19 de nov. de 2019 · Fleas are remarkable jumpers: They can travel 200 times their own body length in a single leap, and can withstand acceleration forces of 100 Gs. But exactly how do they make such incredible jumps?
