• Question: How do flies walk on the ceiling?

    Asked by anon-267551 on 25 Nov 2020.
    • Photo: Juan Pereiro Viterbo

      Juan Pereiro Viterbo answered on 25 Nov 2020:

      By having sticky feet 🙂

    • Photo: Viviene Dela Cruz

      Viviene Dela Cruz answered on 26 Nov 2020: last edited 26 Nov 2020 8:09 pm

      Following Juan’s answer, they have sticky feet and that’s enough to hold their weight to walk on ceilings. They produce glue-like substances on the hairs on their feet 🙂

    • Photo: Adrien Chauvet

      Adrien Chauvet answered on 26 Nov 2020:

      What I am more impressed with is how do the “land” up-side down!
      Imagine going full speed in an helicopter that suddenly tumble in the air and land (smoothly) on the wall of a building…

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