Sunday, August 31, 2008

Flyman might have kicked Spiderman's butt.

For those of you knocking down the last of these before fall sets in (well those of us north of Colorado) the following is interesting:

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Fly's brain 'senses swat threat'

Forget "spider sense" the article indicates that a flys brain and reflexs kick into gear pretty much instantly. No wonder spiders use webs. Even they would tire of chasing the little guys.

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