Originally published at: The disgusting truth about what happens when a fly lands on your food | Boing Boing
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Adult flies don’t eat that much. A lot of the time, flies aren’t landing on your food to eat it at all. They are looking for places suitable for larvae and trying to attract mates.
While we’re talking about the front legs, the legs are full of chemoreceptors that are used to taste what they land on. The legs are covered in tiny hairs. So like someone with a soup-strainer moustche, they need to regularly groom the legs so they aren’t still tasting food from the previous meal
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Disgusting, because humans really hate when someone else digests are food for us.
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Did you know that when you smell a fart there’s actually tiny pieces of shit in your sinuses? And when the mucus slides down your throat you’re eating it?
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I guess it depends whether you consider individual molecules to be tiny pieces or not.
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looking for a rationalization about how much feces it’s acceptable for you to eat?
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In preparation of his appearance in the David Cronenberg movie, Jeff Goldblum taught himself to eat the same way.
Obligs…
I wonder if there’s any behind-the-scenes footage?
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