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Sunday, September 25, 2011

The fast and swift reflexes of a housefly

  Ever heard of the story of a young boy who seriously injured his 2-year old sister by swatting a fly on her forehead  but instead of using a fly-swat he used his wooden hammer toy.  The little baby was brought to the hospital because of a swelling bulge on her forehead, all because of a housefly.
   The housefly.
   When God created the world the housefly was already in His grand plan.  But the fly was known to have existed  only 65 million years ago not as man's friend but as household pest.  Almost all humans wished the houseflies be vanished from the face of the earth.  Yet, there are also many who wished bus drivers, taxi drivers and all drivers had the swift and fast reflexes of houseflies in response to dangers to reduce traffic accidents in the streets.  Flies are too fast and quick in detecting and analyzing  possible threats, like a swat.  In 100 milliseconds (one millisecond is one thousandth of a second)  after a fly noticed a swat, its tiny brain had already completed a plan to maneuver  and prepare its legs to hop and evade danger as they come. The housefly. bow.  

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