Lose Weight Naturally – Flies Are So Hard To Swat?

“Flies Are So Hard To Swat?” Scientist Discover Why

ScienceDaily — Over the past two decades, Michael Dickinson has been interviewed by reporters hundreds of times about his research on the biomechanics of insect flight. One question from the press has always dogged him: Why are flies so hard to swat? “Now I can finally answer,” says Dickinson, the Esther M. and Abe M. Zarem Professor of Bioengineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

Using high-resolution, high-speed digital imaging of fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) faced with a looming swatter, Dickinson and graduate student Gwyneth Card have determined the secret to a fly’s evasive maneuvering. Long before the fly leaps, its tiny brain calculates the location of the impending threat, comes up with an escape plan, and places its legs in an optimal position to hop out of the way in the opposite direction. All of this action takes place within about 100 milliseconds after the fly first spots the swatter.

“We also found that when the fly makes planning movements prior to take-off, it takes into account its body position at the time it first sees the threat,” Dickinson says. Dickinson’s research suggests an optimal method for actually swatting a fly. “It is best not to swat at the fly’s starting position, but rather to aim a bit forward of that to anticipate where the fly is going to jump when it first sees your swatter,” he says.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080828135901.htm

Okay, okay this is definately not weight loss related or how even to lose weight naturally but some fun is needed every now and then. It is relevant to mental health! And mental health does lead us to lose weight naturally, chuckle. I can remember my grandmother prowling around the kitchen just lookin’ for the little bas… if she only knew the correct angle of attack…

Love what science does for us, everything old is new again.
-a.