Why Flies?
Aug 13, 2019 09:21:00 #
sippyjug104 posted a great, detailed picture of a fly. That got me thinking. What purpose do flies serve? I came up with an answer - to be posted later.
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-605581-1.html
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-605581-1.html
Aug 13, 2019 09:25:03 #
This inspired me to remember a poem by Ogden Nash.
God is his wisdom made the fly.
And then forgot to tell us why.
--Bob
God is his wisdom made the fly.
And then forgot to tell us why.
--Bob
jerryc41 wrote:
sippyjug104 posted a great, detailed picture of a fly. That got me thinking. What purpose do flies serve? I came up with an answer - to be posted later.
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-605581-1.html
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-605581-1.html
Aug 13, 2019 12:50:07 #
rmalarz wrote:
This inspired me to remember a poem by Ogden Nash.
God is his wisdom made the fly.
And then forgot to tell us why.
--Bob
God is his wisdom made the fly.
And then forgot to tell us why.
--Bob
Or (author unknown) -
"And here's the happy bounding flea.
You cannot tell the he from she,
But he can tell, and so can she."
Aug 13, 2019 13:05:35 #
I think flies exist simply to produce maggots. It's the maggots that are important. They are like the dung beetles of Africa - Nature's garbage men. Flies lay their eggs in dead meat, the maggots hatch, and then they consume the dead animal - or whatever it is. They work as one large organism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tqKWl8LcXY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBOjBRaMfSM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tqKWl8LcXY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBOjBRaMfSM
Aug 13, 2019 13:45:26 #
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Aug 13, 2019 22:07:30 #
quagmire
Loc: Greenwood,South Carolina
I have bug assault rifle which I love to use on flies , you get 80 shots on less than a teaspoon of salt.
Pump it and shoot away for less than $50.
Pump it and shoot away for less than $50.
Aug 13, 2019 23:04:49 #
jerryc41 wrote:
sippyjug104 posted a great, detailed picture of a fly. That got me thinking. What purpose do flies serve? I came up with an answer - to be posted later.
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-605581-1.html
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-605581-1.html
Flys are part ofthe food cycle. They are the main food source for many creatures. THe main reason for their existance is to annoy the hell out of me
Aug 14, 2019 06:34:33 #
Maggots are part of the diverse system to break down and recycle nutrients in the environment. Maggots were used to debride (clean) infected wounds during the civil war. It was said you considered yourself lucky if flies landed on your bandages.
Aug 14, 2019 06:51:34 #
jerryc41 wrote:
sippyjug104 posted a great, detailed picture of a fly. That got me thinking. What purpose do flies serve? I came up with an answer - to be posted later.
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-605581-1.html
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-605581-1.html
Proof of concept for the phrase 'Survival of the adequately fit.'
Aug 14, 2019 09:35:24 #
I can understand the reason for flies to exist, but I can't seem to embrace any reason for ticks.
Aug 14, 2019 10:52:11 #
"reason" is a misconception when considering life forms. Life is opportunistic, at least on earth, and if an organism can exist it will. Shows, however, the anti-life strength of human activity on the earth when we consider the number of life forms going extinct due to our impact on the only place we can live. Once we've destroyed most other life forms there won't be many left but there will be a reason for the extinction and it will be us.
Aug 14, 2019 11:36:20 #
This may be apocryphal, a former army medic told me that maggots can tell the difference between living and dead flesh and will only eat the dead. "Sterile" maggots (whatever that means!) were put into gangrenous wounds during the Great War to clean out the dead flesh and save the soldier. Because dead flesh has no working nerves, the wounded man would never feel them.
That makes good sense but it's a dimly remembered story that I have never bothered to check.
That makes good sense but it's a dimly remembered story that I have never bothered to check.
Aug 14, 2019 11:57:19 #
Right after I posted the above, I went to TheAtlantic website and found this story.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/05/the-maggot-revival/482139/
Have not read it yet, just posting the url.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/05/the-maggot-revival/482139/
Have not read it yet, just posting the url.
Aug 14, 2019 13:10:22 #
Stan Gould
Loc: La Crosse, Wisconsin
[quote=rmalarz]Ogden Nash.
Another Ogden Nash poem: "Parsley is gharsley."
Another Ogden Nash poem: "Parsley is gharsley."
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