fleas attack!

Megan Turnbull · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:43 pm Post subject: fleas attack!

hey! read this in petshed blog: "But dogs are not the only creatures that should be wary of fleas. In fact these parasites are even more dangerous for humans; they are so fatal that fleas have been used as weapons in biological warfare."

i find this so outrageous! Mad

Douglas Barr · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:20 pm Post subject:

It is sickening to think that such parasites can be used as weapons. I really hope that they find some other productive use for fleas instead of this.

Trish Coyne · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:34 pm Post subject:

it really is sickening! what will they think of next?

Angela Gellis · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:09 pm Post subject:

what are humans thinking about? sometimes i think some of us are moving backwards instead of going forward, and getting weirder and weirder. fleas are already harmful on their own, why don't we just let them be! using them for biological warfare is just so wrong.

Alan Pugliese · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:39 am Post subject: clear and present danger

this is a clear and present danger, fleas are already in our midst.

Libby Bowen · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:38 pm Post subject:

regarding biological weapons, here's a trivia:

In medieval times, a primitive form of biological warfare was used, called trebuchet. A catapult would fling a dead, rotting animal carcass into enemy territory, spreading disease.

Gina Cavendish · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:47 am Post subject:

Jennifer Trenton · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:09 pm Post subject:

if i'm not mistaken the first flea circus was shown in England in 1833. it was a popular circus sideshow.

Tim Lassek · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:55 am Post subject:

a flea circus? perhaps spectators were required to bring their own magnifying glasses..

Irvin Zelasko · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:50 pm Post subject:

I always thought the term "flea circus" was merely an expression or a form of figurative speech. Do you mean to say that there really were flea circuses? That they really existed?

Keith Kitson · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 7:06 am Post subject:

There really are flea circuses, the type that use real fleas. But there are also those that use illusion as if it were the fleas who do the actual performing.

For example, a flea will be attached to a cart and the cart will move by itself, mechanically. The attached flea would then appear as if it was pulling it.

Amelia Bowman · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:47 am Post subject:

Pauline Weiss · Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 10:35 am Post subject:

of course there are flea circuses! i saw a video of that on youtube! the trainer even let her fleas suck blood off her arm to conclude the show!