Fleas do ... circus

The body is only 1.5-1.6 mm long but the fleas are extraordinary. They can push balls that are 30 times heavier than themselves, can turn wooden horses that weigh more than 20,000 times their average weight.

(Photo: edpop.com) Perhaps on this planet there is only one circus but the actors are the real great athletes but even if they burn torches in the day, they cannot find them, that is Little fleas. They can push balls, turn wooden loops much heavier than their body weight.

There are about a thousand different species of fleas. They are present in every continent, even reaching to the Antarctic. Here, they can lie in the empty bird's nest for months waiting for owners to return to enjoy a party with fresh blood.

However, fleas like to live in Europe more. Here, they can control not only visitors but also a nation, a nation. They are infectious agents and by jumping from one place to another, they have determined the fate of humanity. For example, in 1374, the mouse flea disease plagues the lives of a quarter of the European population.

Just like tigers and lions, fleas can be trained and are happy to dance for us to see. In the past, flea performances were a delight to the Roman kings and pope. After that, colorful billboards invited people to gather in the market to watch a flea performance controlled by folk artists.

At that time there was no shortage of ' actors '. Lice, lice and fleas live with people. Just accidentally scratching one is to immediately get 5-7 ' circus artists ' to do the game. Some respectable gentlemen lie all day on the bed due to the itchiness of the limbs that have caught play in the shirt, which is ' a circus cast ' and begins to train them. If these domesticated beetles know how to play tricks, they can put them into suitcases and go to buy fun for the galaxy to make money.

Currently all over Europe, there is only one circus in Germany where the actors are acrobatic and balancing are bright fleas . Running this unique ' cabaret theater ' is the trainer for the house flea Hans Mates. For a century and a half now, the Mates family specializes in training those insects.

It is said that the ' dancing artist ' repertoire was trained by the ancestor Hans Mates, who was performed before the Holy Father in Rome, and even went to the Tsar immediately to see. Over time, this profession faded away. In the home of the Mates family, in Germany, fleas were destroyed. Hans's father had to recruit flea actors from Turkey and Greece. He himself asked his friends to go abroad to arrest him ' as many fleas as possible '.

A flea performance (photo: worth1000.com)

But the principle of selecting 'insect actors ' is very strict. People only choose children because males are often much weaker physically and cannot afford circus games. The trainer is primarily interested in the type of tick that lives with humans and the type of flea that lives with the porcupine. These ' characteristic ' types are either imported or organized for hunting.

Hans Mates and his circus now perform only once a year. Circus red flea lamp in Munich in October, on traditional folk festival days. In the beautifully printed program, the following items are read: Football competition, ferris wheel and horse racing, juggling.

Mates thinks fleas are gifted, so there's no need to confess them by practicing, just use their available abilities: good and strong. ' Some of them dance very often and others run faster. Watch out for the fleas and pick out the most deserving ones, 'Mates said.

Fleas can jump as far as 35 cm and as high as 20 cm. Moreover, they can increase velocity by 140 times higher than the free fall velocity. For comparison, the following example can be taken: The astronaut at the start of a missile is only 61 times faster than that. The distance that flea actors pass during normal dancing also makes people surprised. ' It is the same as someone who dares to jump across the hall of Keln Cathedral ,' said the parasite student Hain Melhorn of the University of Duseldorf.

While in danger, fleas take only a millisecond to jump to one side. No muscle, besides the flea's muscles, can react so quickly. The reason that fleas are talented is thanks to two pads with rezilin, an albumin substance with higher elasticity than rubber. The two pressed pads in the blink of an eye can burst, throwing the flea away and thereby saving its life.

From fleas that have the ability to leap like this can recruit native football players, but teach them how to kick the ball? Mr. Mantes said: ' I take advantage of the natural instincts of animals. I caught the flea a braided suit made of a very thin copper wire so it wouldn't run away and put it on a foam ball 30 times heavier than it ".

The ball lies in the lighted area. As for fleas, we want to quickly slip into the darkness. It took all its strength away from the ball and made the ball move, the ball rolled straight into the goal. And the flea is, to reward it, Mantes hides it in the dark.

Teaching fleas to jump and turn it into an athlete is much more difficult. But after that, it can pull a vehicle weighing several grams or even push the ferris wheel weighing 35 grams. Our athletes who have dreams cannot lift things that are many times heavier than themselves.

The majority of fleas are not very excited to pull cars or push the ferris wheel, although the Creator gives them plenty of energy. They like to dance, run around and run, but these scenes are not included in Mantes' performances. Therefore, he chose the fleas that do not like to pull the car and 'teach' them that the right flea doesn't like to jump around.

The folk festival in Munich lasts nearly 3 weeks. During that time, the ' actors ' must be well fed. People let them suck fresh blood. It was the circus director and coach who became prey on these days. Every 3 hours in a day, Mates put ' tiny circus actor' on his hand for sucking blood full. After having ' drunk enough to drink ', please join the circus. They are eager to pull cars, play football and dance very stylishly.