Just spent too many (unsuccessful) minutes hunting a fly in my kitchen. I tried to encourage it out the door but it clearly wants to stay.
It’s goading me and it’s bloody massive. Like bumblebee size.
I went at it with a magazine, kitchen roll and dishcloths but all were fruitless.
I read they perceive time differently so is it that they see me in slow motion? How does something operate in the world around them at a different ‘base speed’ if that is the case?
EDIT/UPDATE: thanks for all the comments. Some very cool and interesting things said that I’m going to follow up on. Not sure if it was the same one but a little while ago approached another behemoth of a fly with a white kitchen roll super slow and successful smushed it. Almost felt bad. Almost.
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When i was younger i always tryed to catch them with my hands.
Sounds imposible but i was pretty good at it.
The trick was to wait until they landed and are cleaning themselfs. At that moment i placed my open hand as close as posible at theire backside.
Slowly creeping as close as posible, hand looks like a fleshy wall that slowly comes closer. When at abouth 5 to 7 cm away (2 – 3 inches)
Than i bring tention to my muscles in arm and hand and prepair to make an explosive release of energie all focused on the 1 move of going towards the fly and closing hand.
If done right you catch the fly in your hand, it might takes practise but 8 out of 10 flys i would catch that way and than threw them outside the window or door.
Its all abouth going fully chill and relaxed just before moving explosively.
46 now and still able to do it. But more like 7 out of 10.
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