Flea circus
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A flea circus is a circus sideshow attraction in which fleas are attached to miniature carts and other items, and encouraged to perform circus acts within a small housing.
The flea circus of Maxfield Rubbish, San Diego, CA (2009)
"The Go-As-You-Please Race, as seen through a Magnifying Glass", engraved by J. G. Francis, from an article by C. F. Holder in St. Nicholas Magazine, 1886
Fleas in dresses at Ye Olde Curiosity Shop, Seattle, WA
Flea
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Flea, the common name for the order Siphonaptera, includes 2,500 species of small flightless insects that live as external parasites of mammals and birds. Fleas live by ingesting the blood of their ho
Flea circus
…A flea circus is a circus sideshow attraction in which fleas are attached (or appear to be attached) to miniature carts and other items, and encouraged to perform circus acts within a small housing. The first…
Flea Scanning Electron Micrograph False Color
Dog flea (from top) larva, egg, pupa and adult
Flea larva
Cenozoic flea in amber, c. 20 mya, is morphologically modern.