Leap for Fleadom
February 11, 2011
In 1967, Henry Bennet-Clark discovered that fleas are able to jump extraordinary lengths by compressing part of their skeletal structure containing the protein resilin, which acts as a tense spring. credit: Cambridge University
Topics:
Elastomers, Biology, Proteins, Education, Medicine, Flea, Cat health, Zoology, Resilin, Cambridge University, Henry Bennet-Clark