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Researchers using high-speed video have discovered how the tiny, legless larva of the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) moves around: It uses a "hook and pull" motion, grabbing the surface with sensory mouthparts, then contracting its body to pull itself forward. [Read more]
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