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
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
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."
DirtFarmer
Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA
So flies are the senescent form of maggots.
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.
boberic
Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander
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
sb
Loc: Florida's East Coast
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.
Proof of concept for the phrase 'Survival of the adequately fit.'
I can understand the reason for flies to exist, but I can't seem to embrace any reason for ticks.
"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.
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.
[quote=rmalarz]Ogden Nash.
Another Ogden Nash poem: "Parsley is gharsley."
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