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If a flea was scaled to be as big as a human would it still retain the ability to jump as long as it does now?
It's currently able to jump 220 times it's body length, but is it accurate to say it could jump 3 football stadiums if it was our size or would the distance be shortened if it was actually made that large?
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- Formerly Peter SLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
If a flea was scaled to be as big as a human would it still retain the ability to jump as long as it does now? - No. the weight of its external chitinous skeleton would be so heavy as to prevent this.
- SmegheadLv 78 years ago
If a flea was scaled up to our size, it would collapse under its own weight and die. It wouldn't be able to stand or move, let alone leap across multiple football fields.
