Physics Interview Question:

If a dog rolled around on a carpet and gets statically and a flea jumps on it will the flea get electrocuted?

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it will, but probably, not and such experiment would be interesting one. Electrostatic electricity has a big potential - thousands volts - but small power when it gets discharged, that meaning the potential will subsides momentarily to null volts with the current caused very negligible. This current will make little harm to the flea which, besides. consist of very resistive substance. The current might knock over the insect, but won't kill it, I believe.
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