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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts) Mon Apr 1, 2013, 06:32 AM Apr 2013

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German flea circus hit by freeze

A flea circus in Germany has been scrambling to replace its performers after the entire troupe was wiped out by this spring's freezing weather.

Circus director Robert Birk told the BBC he found some 300 fleas dead inside their transport box last week.

It was the first time the cold had killed a whole troupe in one go.

A university insect expert, Professor Heinz Mehlhorn, managed to provide 60 replacement fleas in time for a performance at an open-air fair.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21991622

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German flea circus hit by freeze (Original Post) dipsydoodle Apr 2013 OP

Don't the performers need....training? Demeter Apr 2013 #1

Demeter

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1. Don't the performers need....training?

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Mon Apr 1, 2013, 07:29 AM

Apr 2013

I've never seen a flea circus.

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