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"Dinosaur parasites" were actually aquatic flies

Adam Khor · 2019-08-18 02:18:12

Strashilids have been described as "the most enigmatic insects"- they were believed to have been parasites but they turn out to be swimming flies: http://news.yahoo.com/jurassic-insects-wrongly-accused-sucking-dino-blood-180421274.html (ˆ didn´t die a virgin) Fear not, the actual fleas found last year (the big ones that…

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Adam Khor

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Strashilids have been described as "the most enigmatic insects"- they were believed to have been parasites but they turn out to be swimming flies:

http://news.yahoo.com/jurassic-insects-wrongly-accused-sucking-dino-blood-180421274.html

(ˆ didn´t die a virgin)

Fear not, the actual fleas found last year (the big ones that couldn´t jump) are still real.

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