# Why does the flea jump?

Consultant: Dr. Manabu Sasa, Institute for Infectious Diseases, Tokyo Shows how scientific analysis and experiments solve the "mystery" of why the flea jumps, and describes research on other parasites, such as mites and hookworms Summary Describes various parasites around us - - fleas, ticks, hookworm larvae and how they find their hosts and suck blood. Emphasizes the importance of the scientific method of study.

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1965
- Runtime: 20 min
- By: Sakura Eigasha
- Genres: Education, Science, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/whydoesthefleajump)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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