The Siphonaptera

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 Swiftcite 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"."

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