Drabble by Kevin Fagan for September 11, 2020

Because they’re not as dumb as we think they are?

So just use your hand. It’s easy to grab a fly.

I think they are smart. When one buzzes around me and I raise my hand it goes away until I put my hand down again.

The flies can feel the movement of the air caused by the swatter or your hand.

I used to wonder that about crows and BB guns as a kid. Part of my early education of how smart crows really are.

Survival of the fittest Drabble…..

Maybe swatters should be camo.

I haven’t seen a house fly in ages. . .

When swatting a fly, never try to come straight down. Come in from behind the fly slightly and with the swatter angled slightly (where the edge closest to the fly is slightly higher than the far edge.)

When a fly takes off, it actually goes backwards a bit as it’s going up. So the swatter will be in a better position to catch it. The fly senses air pressure changes so the swatter won’t be causing quite as much of a pressure wave. And it’s also less in the visual field of the fly.

Have you seen their eyes?

Evolution.

Let ME at ’em!!!!

I thought it was a required course in fly school

Are you smarter then a fly?

Time to call in Diamond Lil. She’s whacked a couple this week.

OH NO. NOT THE GLARE!