Thursday, January 20, 2011

TRIVIA BITS ...BUBONIC PLAGUE

 

The bacteria that cause bubonic plague are carried in the gut of the flea. As the bacteria thrive, they begin to block the gut causing the flea to become hungrier and so bite more often. Every bite transfers bacteria to the victim. Bubonic plague is estimated to have killed 25 million people in Europe during the fourteenth century. This was approximately one-quarter of the population.

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