# Rex had fleas!

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**Created:** [March 6, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-had-fleas/614975 "2012-03-06T21:57:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-had-fleas/614975/1 "2012-03-06T21:57:38Z")

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[In the news.](http://apnews.excite.com/article/20120229/D9T76N180.html)  
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In the Jurassic era, even the flea was a beast, compared to its minuscule modern descendants. These pesky bloodsuckers were nearly an inch long.  
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I do hope they get the right DNA sample when they decide to clone a wooly mammoth.