- The Siphonaptera
"The Siphonaptera" is a
nursery rhyme , sometimes referred to as "Fleas".Big fleas have little fleas,Upon their backs to bite 'em,And little fleas have lesser fleas,and so, ad infinitum. It is credited to
Dean Swift cite book |title=Outdoor Sports and Games |origyear=1911 |publisher=Doubleday, Page & Company |location=Garden City, New York |language=English |chapter=IX. Water Life |eBook=#16316, though his words do not rhyme as well as the above version when literally translated to English."So naturalists observe, a fleaHas smaller that upon them preyAnd these have smaller still to bite 'emAnd so proceed "ad infinitum"." References
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