Re: Medieval Fleas

From: Simon Pugh (News_at_mrzsp.demonX.co.uk)
Date: 08/09/04 

Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 18:50:19 +0100

In message <YxDRc.6$YY4.2@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net>, Martin Reboul
<martin@spamfukreboul1471.freeserve.co.uk> writes
>
>"Mike Duffy" <respond@newsgroup.only> wrote in message
>news:4116e898_2@aeinews....
>> "Martin Reboul" <martin@spamfukreboul1471.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
>> news:a_ARc.1473$fN5.797@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net:
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>> >
>> > "Simon Pugh" <News@mrzsp.demonX.co.uk> wrote in message
>> > news:nxIGVEB998DBFwB2@mrzsp.demon.co.uk...
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>> > Cat fleas ... vulnerable to slowly flashing green lights
>>
>> Could you please elaborate?
>
> With pleasure!
>
>Fleas are apparently almost blind, and can only tell the difference between
>light and dark. They are only really sensitive to green light (don;t ask me why
>though!).
>
>The way they work seems absurdly simple, but obviously it does work for the
>little bleeders...
>
>What they do is lurk in the carpet, grass or some other hidey-hole, and wait.
>This saves them being caught and/or scratched to death. When peckish, they
>respond to a shadow passing over them by jumping as high as they can, hoping to
>land on a host animal and stuff themselves. this is not very finely tuned, any
>green light that blinks off for a second or so make them jump... only in this
>house, they don't find a delicious, wholesome hound or cat, they land
>on a strip
>of sticky flypaper or sellotape (it depends what's to hand - a bowl of
>water and
>washing up liquid spoils their day too).
>
>Give it a try - animals and pets or not, you may be amazed by what
>lives in your
>carpet - and may have been lurking there for a year!
> Cheers
> Martin
>
>
>

Fascinating, must try it some time. :-) 

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Simon Pugh
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