Fleas bite, and their saliva is very allergenic to susceptible animals. This causes skin redness, itching, biting, scratching, chewing, crusts in the skin, and even a greasy feel and strong odor for some pets. In non-allergic pets, fleas don't bother the animal in these classic ways. Fleas love humidity and warmth.
It is a way of getting their name in the tabloids to promote their latest movie. Andrew Garfield likely got a text message, from his agency, informing him that he was dumping his girlfriend and on which date the media would break.
In 1858 Garfield had married Miss Lucretia Rudolph, by whom he had seven children. His son, Harry Augustus Garfield graduated at Williams College in 1885, practiced law in Cleveland, Ohio in 1888-1903, was professor of politics at Princeton University in 1903-08, and in 1908 became president of Williams College.