Flies are one of the grossest pests that we encounter on a daily basis. But, the flight patterns of flies are pretty insane. Anthony is joined by Trisha Hershberger from Sourcefed to discuss how incredible flies can be. Follow Trisha on Twitter: twitter.com/thatgrltrish Watch Trisha on Sourcefed: youtube.com/sourcefed Read More: Flies That Do Calculus With Their Wings www.nytimes.com/2014/03/19/science/flies-that-do-calculus-with-their-wings.html "There are lots of reasons scientists love fruit flies, but a big one is their flying ability." High-Speed Video Shows How Flies Change Direction So Quickly www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/04/high-speed-video-flies/ "Fruit flies turn in midair with a shrug of their shoulders. A new analysis shows that flies' aerial gymnastics are driven by wing joints that act like wind-up toys, letting the bugs whirl around almost automatically." Michael Dickinson: How a fly flies www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_44G-kE8lE "An insect's ability to fly is perhaps one of the greatest feats of evolution." How Do Flies Fly? journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/mm/spingarnkoff/flyorama/fly.html "Birds and airplanes stay airborne on wings whose shape and angle create lower pressure above the wing, which helps lift them." Animals That See In Slow Motion www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc-YpWBxsHU Discovering the flight autostabilizer of fruit flies by inducing aerial stumbles www.pnas.org/content/107/11/4820.full "Just as the Wright brothers implemented controls to achieve stable airplane flight, flying insects have evolved behavioral strategies that ensure recovery from flight disturbances." Watch More: Blue Bottle Fly www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxjbbNMyTMA TestTube Wild Card testtube.com/dnews/dnews-462-cool-sound-waves?utm_campaign=DNWC&utm_medium=DNews&utm_source=YT How Flies See in Slo-Mo www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc-YpWBxsHU ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. Watch More DNews on TestTube testtube.com/dnews Subscribe now! www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel DNews on Twitter twitter.com/dnews Anthony Carboni on Twitter twitter.com/acarboni Laci Green on Twitter twitter.com/gogreen18 Trace Dominguez on Twitter twitter.com/trace501 DNews on Facebook facebook.com/DiscoveryNews DNews on Google+ gplus.to/dnews Discovery News discoverynews.com Download the TestTube App: testu.be/1ndmmMq

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