How High Can a Flea Jump?
I’m AMAZED how often I’m asked this question! To my very unscientific observations, I’d say few fleas can jump more than about 80 times their height. My show’s holding facility has walls of a height based on this, and I have had FEW escapes. Being the scientific guy I am, and with how often I’m asked this, I was unsatisfied with not knowing, so I asked David Watson who crunched the hard numbers. You can learn HOW a flea jumps on his page at http://www.ftexploring.com/lifetech/flsbws1.html Or, Click Here for some thoughts on calculating how high YOUR OWN fleas might jump.
Fleas are the best jumpers in the insect world. They can jump eight to ten inches high, many times their own height. The tiny flea is a parasitic insect, one that lives on other animals. It is best known for living on dogs and cats, but fleas also live on other animals, such as rats, mice, birds, small rodents, and sometimes eve
