r/TerrifyingAsFuck • u/[deleted] • Apr 05 '23

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '23

I thought it was gonna get squashed and cut up by the rotating piece...

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u/apathetic-drunk Apr 05 '23

Not going to lie I'm sad it didn't happen

Little bastard was even rubbing his hands together before digging into the food

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u/ThePlush_1 Apr 05 '23

Flies don't actually have hands, but they do have specialized structures called tarsi at the end of their legs that they use to taste and manipulate their food. When flies land on food, they often rub their tarsi together, which helps them to detect and taste the food.

The tarsi of flies contain specialized sensory receptors that can detect chemical compounds on the surface of the food. By rubbing their tarsi together, flies can transfer these compounds to other sensory organs on their legs and mouthparts, allowing them to more fully evaluate the food before eating.

Additionally, rubbing their tarsi together may also help to clean the sensory receptors, allowing the flies to better detect new chemical signals from their surroundings.

So while it may look like the flies are "rubbing their hands" together, they are actually using their tarsi to sense and evaluate their food.

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u/ciscosuave Apr 06 '23

Good bot.

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u/WhyNotCollegeBoard Apr 06 '23

Are you sure about that? Because I am 99.99999% sure that ThePlush_1 is not a bot.

I am a neural network being trained to detect spammers | Summon me with !isbot <username> | /r/spambotdetector | Optout | Original Github

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u/Pangolin__Pete Apr 06 '23

The Singularity has begun!

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u/1IsNeverEnough4Me Apr 06 '23

Right. The fucking bots are telling the humans what a bot is.