r/interestingasfuck • u/LFDT • 20h ago

Japanese electric flyswatter-zapper

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u/razordreamz 20h ago

Why do they approach it? What form of bait does it use?

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u/bobdoleghostboy 19h ago

Because flies are fucking stupid. The same reason they think it's a good idea to fly in front of my face every 5 seconds while I'm swatting at them, until I finally crush them to death.

Wouldn't you think a fly would try to avoid something that was swatting at them? Why does the same fly keep coming back over and over again after you've made it abundantly clear you are trying to murder them? 

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u/duckinasombrero 17h ago

Flies do not have memory the same way we do, it is incredibly short term. They actually perceive time much slower than we do and can dodge our swipes with ease, but won't remember why they did it. Their brains simply can't record that sort of data.

Flies are purely built for survival, but not on an individual scale. They play a numbers game, laying thousands of eggs in their short lifespans so the death of a few individuals is offset by the birth of thousands.

As nature's decomposers, all they need to be capable of is finding the smelly stuff and devouring it quickly. They even lay their eggs in the junk, because why the fuck not? We got eight weeks to do our jobs and crap out, let's have a family in this dead rat.

Such short-lived chunks of pure protein make up a huge portion of essential food stuffs for many of the planet's creatures. They are a vital component of our global ecosystem.

In short, a fly is like a tiny organic robot devoted purely to its 1-2 step survival protocols to eat literal caca and rotting carcasses and nothing more.

They're so gross and ugly and I love them so much.

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u/Sea_Statistician2818 17h ago

My burning hatred for flies became increasingly more validated with each subsequent word I read in this comment, and then you ended with "I love them so much"

You fuckin psycho

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u/srgtDodo 11h ago

Fly-lovers are traitors to humanity, and no one can convince me otherwise : )