It's Lucky 8/8/08 and the Summer Olympics have begun! I hope you've enjoyed my posts about animals who would win gold "if animals competed in the summer olympics". In case you missed them, here's a rundown of the animal olympic champions:
Aquatics - Diving: Anhinga, Swimming Races: Sailfish, Synchronized Swimming: Schooling fish
Boxing - Kangaroo
Fencing - Horned Animals
Weightlifting - Rhinoceros beetle
High Jump - Cat Flea
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Showing posts with label flea. Show all posts
Friday, August 8, 2008
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
If Animals Competed In The Summer Olympics: High Jump
The cat flea is smaller than a match head but it can jump 33cm in a single leap. This is equivalent to a high jumper soaring some 400 meters (approximately 1300 feet) into the air! The flea has a unique catapult system, in which a trigger mechanism extends the hind legs in less than a millisecond.
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