What other lies have we been told? Does time not fly like an arrow?
Emperor penguins and king penguins are not descendants of any royal bloodlines and do not have an understanding of monarchical governments.
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Awesome, this daemon infestation on my computer (Gentoo of course) is really starting to annoy me.
Better yet, they aren't actually penguins - they were just called that because they resembled real penguins.
Which are literally dead today, because they dared live close to humans.
because they dared live close to humans.
Poor dumb bastards.
Don't even mention macaroni penguins...so disappointing.
Are you suggesting they're not good with cheese?
Not only that, they are completely and entirely noodleless.
You sound like a conspiracy wonk.
They are the only true emperors & kings recognized by the flightless aristocracy.
Tis the human "royals" who are living lies!
A man in a very tight suit with a blue box once told me it's more wibbly-wobbly.
Was he gender, species, and time fluid?
All the fluids. Except water on Mars, he didn't like that one bit.
Someone tell this guy about Jeremy bearimy and timey wimey space stuff
Nah, it just trips into the future
Trippin', trippin', trippin'
Mosquito hawks do not, in fact, eat mosquitos.
I no longer respect those annoying fuckers.
Earthlings don't eat Earth either. They're still Earthlings.
Sperm whales don't eat sperm.
Mayflies don't eat May or any other month.
W wait a s second! What do sperm wales eat? Have I been pointlessly jacking off into the ocean for decades??
Earthlings don't eat earth because "earth" isn't something to be eaten. Sperm whales don't eat sperm because sperm is (usually) not something to be eaten.
Fruit, however, is supposed to be eaten, and by many, many animals. By calling something a fruit fly, the expectation for most people would be that its diet consists mainly of fruit
Or ya know, that they're usually found hanging around near fruit.
I wish I had the time and money to create crimes against nature.
Don't you drive a car?
It's not like they built the car, though.
time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana
Are horseflies a lie because they don't eat horses?
No it's because they take a horse sized chunk out of you when they bite you
But they do? Along with any other animal that happens to be nearby.
That is the one insect I will go out of my way to kill.
You're right. They only drink horse (and cattle) blood.
Horse or cow vampire fly is a little long winded for a name.
You already know what you call a fly with no wings
A walk
A walk.
They’re called fruit flies because they gather around rotting fruit.
But there are also “true fruit flies” which do eat fruit.
Can somebody explain the fruit thing? I've seen fruit flies demolish fresh fruit. The amount of yeast biomass on them must be negligible at that point. Do the eggs/larvae spread the yeast before they start eating?
The fruit flies you've seen eating fresh fruit are probably Drosophila suzukii (spotted wing fruit fly). Most (all?) other Drosophila species (including the model organism Drosophila melanogaster) only feed on rotting fruit. Though they'll consume the sugars too, not just the microorganisms. So standard lab diets include sugar along with yeast and often cornmeal.
There are also some more distantly related flies that feed on fresh fruit and are commonly called fruit flies, eg Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly)
I’m sure the meme is apocryphal, and it’s not entirely correct. Fruit flies do eat yeast, yes…but they also eat the sugars in the fermenting fruit, not just the microorganisms causing fruit decay. I don’t know about the larvae at all, though.
There's even the old Marx brothers joke "time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana"
The fruit fly trap taught to me by an entomologist friend is baited with wine, suggesting the fruit flies want fermenting fruit
The trap: get a plastic fizzy drink bottle; bigger is better
Cut off the top. The cut piece is a cone
Place the cone (the top piece) upside down on the rest of the bottle
Sticky tape the joint
Bait with cheap wine or leftover wine or beer. The bait is poured down the funnel into the trap
Her tastes were revealed in the description of baiting the trap — she specified red wine, but I have tested with various booze and fruit flies have no taste, they'll go for anything. You could probably extract bait from the sourdough starter you made in lockdown and kept alive despite never making bread after that first try
Doesn't even have to be actual booze. Apple cider vinegar + a drop of dawn dish soap works a treat.
THE POWER!
Drosophila are awesome! Been working on them for a long time:)
Oh yeah, that brings up memories. We had to do the same experiments in genetics lab, too. I'll never forget the smell of fruit flies :/
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