Friday's Quote of the Day
09:35 UK time, Friday, 29 August 2008
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"The fly somehow 'knows' whether it needs to make large or small postural changes to reach the correct pre-flight posture" - A scientist tells us why flies are so annoyingly hard to swat.
In a glorious statement of the already known, scientists have identified that it's rather hard to swat flies. In a further statement of the apparent, they suggest the fly spots the swat coming. They've filmed them making subtle movements and planning an escape route as the swat approaches. The key apparently is to aim the swat in front of where they are to catch them in the air.
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