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         FAST FACTS
      The common flea is the most impressive jumping            On a human scale, if a
      creature on the planet for its size. Fleas can be         5-ft 11-in (1.8-m) man
      only 0.06 in (1.5 mm) long but can leap a distance        could jump as far as a
      of 13 in (33 cm)—220 times their body length.              flea, he would be able
      Fleas are parasites and spring onto mammals,                to clear more than
      sometimes including                                         three soccer fields
      humans, to feed                                               laid end to end.
      on their blood.











                                                  The snow
                        When it jumps, the red   leopard could
                        kangaroo can reach a     easily clear
                        speed of more than 40 mph
                        (64 kph) with single leaps   seven large
                        of up to 30 ft (9 m).   family cars in
       The human                                  one leap.
       world record for
       men’s long jump                                              Snow leopards
       was set by US                                                live in mountain
       athlete Mike                                                 habitats, where
       Powell in 1991.     50 ft (15 m)
 30 ft (9 m)                                                        they leap to catch
                                                                    their prey of wild
                                                                    sheep and goats.




 29 ft 4½ in (8.95 m)



















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