Changes: Melvaran mud flea

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Melvaran mud flea vaccine side effect — Kirk suffering the side effects of the vaccine

Melvaran mud fleas were a delicacy of questionable quality. They could also carry viruses.

In 2152, while imprisoned on an Enolian transport, Zoumas described the taste of Melvaran mud fleas to Commander Trip Tucker in minute detail. According to Zoumas, once one got past their texture, they really did not taste that bad. Furthermore, the fun part was keeping them in one's mouth, as they jumped around until one crunched down on them. (ENT: "Canamar")

In 2258 of an alternate reality, Leonard McCoy injected a vaccine to protect against viral infection from Melvaran mud fleas into the neck of James T. Kirk. He did so in order to give Kirk the symptoms so that he could bring him aboard the Enterprise as a patient. (Star Trek)

In the novelization of 2009's Star Trek by Alan Dean Foster, McCoy specifies that the vaccine is derived from an emulsion of the flea's internal organs.

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-'''Melvaran mud fleas''' were a [[food|delicacy]] of questionable quality.
+'''Melvaran mud fleas''' were a [[food|delicacy]] of questionable quality. They could also carry [[virus]]es.
 In [[2152]], while imprisoned on an [[Enolian transport]], [[Zoumas]] described the taste of Melvaran mud fleas to [[Commander]] [[Charles Tucker III|Trip Tucker]] in minute detail. According to Zoumas, once one got past their texture, they really did not taste that bad. Furthermore, the fun part was keeping them in one's mouth, as they jumped around until one crunched down on them. ({{ENT|Canamar}})