Scientists discover why flies are so hard to swat

i guess since their brains are smaller their neurons or electrons or whatever don't have a lot of distance to cover. makes sense to me... i guess size DOES matter after all.

So the ones we do kill are the slow-witted ones, talk about survival of the fittest.

100 miliseconds? Gosh, humans suck so much.

100 miliseconds? Gosh, humans suck so much.

i once karate chopped a fly so fast that it didn't die it just bleed until it died, i seriously felt like bruce lee i guess this means humans are back in the lead

If you don't want flies in your home, place pots of mint and of basil on all your window sills. Then you won't have to worry about how fast to swat them. :)

I think it's because they're effin aliens!

Duh he anticipated it would fly the other direction. He tricked them!

if flies are so fast then how did daniel-san catch them in his chopsticks?

So do the scientists know how they fly in that cunning square shape (I mean the flies, not the scientists)?

I love that we people think we're the best thing since, well, dinosaurs, and then it turns out that flies can think faster than we can. Hehe.

If we had nuclear fly swatters no fly would escape
plus someone told me when we try to swat then they fly backwards

fast little suckers

sounds like we need to make a new super hero

a couple flies in the house brings the outdoors in. let them live!

I thought I was just... too slow!

That's great! now all we need is a fly-swatter that counteracts that. Mmhmm...

So I guess it would be inaccurate to tell someone they have the brains of a fly when trying to insult their intelligence. Those buggers think fast!

One time I was able to shoot a fly with my Nerf dart gun from about 15 feet, unfortunately it was a once in a lifetime feat yet to be duplicated.

Now only if they can figure out how to stay alive for more than a day or week...

Mind-blowing research...

And here, I thought they were psychic. Turns out they're just fast.

Where can I get a cushy research job photographing flies & swatters?

While I understand the dislike of flies, I havent killed a fly since we started bombing Iraq. I decided then, I didn't even want to kill a fly.

It's amazing, they land on my screen door and I open the door and let them out. One night a couple weeks ago, I let a fly out and a short time later, one landed on my finger while I was at the sink. I walked to my back door opened it and the fly flew away. My husband laughed, he couldn’t believe what he saw.

Everyone has their quirks and not killing flies is one of mine. I had always heard their peripheral vision was exceptional making them more capable of seeing the swatter coming.

A fly's fabulous eyes doesn't register periwinkle blue. If you have a flyswatter this color, you are the champion of the world. In Europe, they paint doorways that color for preemptory fly strikes.

that's hot, now if only i had that kind of reflex than no one would be able to take me !

wow. very impressive.

they're still gross.

I'm pretty good at killing them to be honest despite their innate ability.

So, if I build a swatter that pre-emptively counter-reacts to the fly...
*Splamo!*