Paleontologists have discovered ancient giant flea

Chinese paleontologists discovered the imprint inhabited the Jurassic period, a giant flea, whose length was 21 mm.

The fossils, which were discovered the remains were discovered during excavations in the Inner Mongolia and neighboring Chinese province of Lyaopin, writes. Lenta. ru. In total, nine were found prints of insects, resembling in appearance the modern blood-sucking fleas. Size of detected insects ranged from 8 to 21 millimeters. For comparison, the size of their modern relatives are in the range from 1 to 10 millimeters.
Scientists believe that ancient fleas lived in feathers and hair dinosaurs - as indicated by the structure of blood-sucking machine that was designed to penetrate the skin sufficiently powerful. Michael Engel, one of the co- operation, said that ... The researchers also found that the ancients did not know how fleas jump as well as their modern relatives. Scientists believe that these insects do not jump from one victim to another, and waited for their victims, such as tree crowns.