The Pearl Fisher

My companion has become obsessed with blood sucking creatures, sending me many interesting and disturbing emails. Here is the first.

"Most common is the European flea (Pulex irritans), which prefers a human host. Dr. Hubbard recommends lumber camps, flophouses and seashore resorts as the best bets for collectors. He notes that Pulex irritans prefers young, tender-skinned blondes or red-heads—as well as hogs. From Time magazine"