That anecdote doesn't make sense! Even without wings the third fly could still have caught an airplane. Or maybe it only spoke Spanish...A scientist from the University of Wisconsin is conducting studies on flies.
He anesthetizes a fly and places it on his lab table. When the fly comes to, he loudly tells the fly to fly away. The fly flies away.
He anesthetizes a second fly, removes one wing, and puts it on the table. When the fly comes to, he loudly tells it to fly away. The fly jumps around a bit, but is unable to fly with only one wing.
He anesthetizes a third fly and removes both wings. When the fly comes to, he loudly tells it to fly away. The fly just sits there.
The scientist writes the following conclusion in his journal:
Removing both wings from a fly makes it deaf.
Here's another one about flies.
A fly enters into a room through the small opening of a partially closed window. It flies around for a bit and then wanting to get out it flies towards the largest source of light, the window. It hits the glass and flies off.
Flies some more in the middle of the room, has another go and bangs again into the glass. It lands on it, resting for some time, walks on it, before making another attempt. It does so again and again.
A few hours later the fly is dead, at the bottom of the window.
The fly didn't manage to get out. But it can't be said it didn't try really hard.
-ras72
