Actually, while flies are EXCELLENT at seeing motion and reacting fast (You cannot “out-speed” a fly!) their weakness is distance. I used to kill 20 to 50 or more at each meal in summer camp using the method I’m about to tell you.
First, when a fly lands, do NOT try to swat it. They can take off flying, either forward, backward, or from every angle, in fractions of a second. Instead. s-l-o-w-l-y raise your hand at a distance. Now, again s—l—o—w—l—y move your hand so that it is over the fly. Now sometimes, the fly will see the shadow of your hand, but if you are creeping along slowly enough, they won’t recognize it as danger. Your hand should be two or three feet above the fly. Now… moving like a glacier s—-l—-o—-w—-l—-y lower your hand… half an inch…… half an inch….. q-u-a-r-t-e-r of an inch…. until you are only about two inches above the fly. If you have moved slowly enough, that fly won’t even recognize the danger she’s in.KILL SHOT!!! SLAM that hand down! If you are less than two inches away, you’ll get that fly EVERY time!
Yes, you get fly goosh all over your hand. That’s what Purell is for. As I said, at Mess hall in summer camp up in the mountains, I used to kill SCORES of flies in exactly that way. I think my personal record was 112 in a single sitting. One of the other kids had me beat, however. he had 257 kills in one meal! IT WORKS!
Flies all green and buzzin’, in his dungeon of dispair…..prisoners grumble and pizz their clothes, and scratch their matted hair……A tiny light from a window hole, a hundred yards away….Is all they ever get to know about the regular life in the day. And it stinks so bad the stones been chokin’ and weeping greenish drops…..in the room where the giant fire puffer works, and the torture never stops.
Ida No almost 5 years ago
Yeah, adaptation is a pane.
djlactin almost 5 years ago
Humans “(them”) are difficult to catch?!
Zev almost 5 years ago
My cat Blackjack finds them to be delicious.
Aladar30 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
My same thought exactly.
Radish... almost 5 years ago
Their brains are more complex than your computer.
Judy Saint Premium Member almost 5 years ago
That’s OK, musca. Humans do that, too.
rikkiTikki Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Now would be a good time to swat him.
Sassy's Mom almost 5 years ago
Are there flies in Antarctica??
NaturLvr almost 5 years ago
:-)
AndrewSihler almost 5 years ago
The question is not how fast an organism can process visual information but what they do with it.
ScottHolman almost 5 years ago
they may soon become extinct, with the advent of salt guns!
SylviSterling almost 5 years ago
Actually, while flies are EXCELLENT at seeing motion and reacting fast (You cannot “out-speed” a fly!) their weakness is distance. I used to kill 20 to 50 or more at each meal in summer camp using the method I’m about to tell you.
First, when a fly lands, do NOT try to swat it. They can take off flying, either forward, backward, or from every angle, in fractions of a second. Instead. s-l-o-w-l-y raise your hand at a distance. Now, again s—l—o—w—l—y move your hand so that it is over the fly. Now sometimes, the fly will see the shadow of your hand, but if you are creeping along slowly enough, they won’t recognize it as danger. Your hand should be two or three feet above the fly. Now… moving like a glacier s—-l—-o—-w—-l—-y lower your hand… half an inch…… half an inch….. q-u-a-r-t-e-r of an inch…. until you are only about two inches above the fly. If you have moved slowly enough, that fly won’t even recognize the danger she’s in.KILL SHOT!!! SLAM that hand down! If you are less than two inches away, you’ll get that fly EVERY time!
Yes, you get fly goosh all over your hand. That’s what Purell is for. As I said, at Mess hall in summer camp up in the mountains, I used to kill SCORES of flies in exactly that way. I think my personal record was 112 in a single sitting. One of the other kids had me beat, however. he had 257 kills in one meal! IT WORKS!
Widdershins almost 5 years ago
About that adaptation? …
ScottHolman almost 5 years ago
Flies all green and buzzin’, in his dungeon of dispair…..prisoners grumble and pizz their clothes, and scratch their matted hair……A tiny light from a window hole, a hundred yards away….Is all they ever get to know about the regular life in the day. And it stinks so bad the stones been chokin’ and weeping greenish drops…..in the room where the giant fire puffer works, and the torture never stops.
Et tu brute almost 5 years ago
Help Meeeeeeeeeee. Help Meeeeeeee!
Et tu brute almost 5 years ago
Hellllp Meeeeeeeee. Hellllp Meeeeeeeeee!