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Don't miss the comment where they decode the ShooTag magstripe to contain the DEC-SIXBIT ASCII strings "FLEA" and "TICK": http://www.tetherdcow.com/another-science-experiment/#commen...

Sure to repel them, that.

Also, note (2010).



I wonder if you made one that said "hot babe" it would be a chick magnet.


Chick repellant.


now it explains why they don't work in non-english speaking countries. other fleas no hablo ingles! time to send them for some proper schooling...


>No matter how magnetically sensitive they are, and how smart, insects don’t read English encoded in DEC-SIXBIT.

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