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Cold snap in Germany kills all 300 members of flea circus

Posted by / March 31, 2013

A circus show with kids and animals

It’s been a cold spring this year through much of Europe and among the sufferers are the members of a traveling, performing flea circus. The entire troupe, comprising 300 fleas, was found dead in their transport box this morning in Germany.

Flea circus director Robert Birk … immediately scrambled to find and train a new batch so it could fulfil its engagements at an open-air fair in the western town of Mechernich-Kommern.

Michael Faber, who organizes the fair, told The Associated Press that an insect expert at a nearby university was able to provide 50 fleas in time for the first show Sunday.

Faber says he hopes they’ll “get through this without any more fatalities.”

Read more: Toronto Star.

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Photo credit: Matthew Cole – Fotolia.com

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