Keeping with the barf theme...

...that's right, boys and girls, the topic of the night is vomit. We've already covered giraffe chunks, so now, we are moving on to flies. Apparently, my BFF is obsessed with the acidic river that flows up from the stomache to the throat and eventually, out of the mouth. BFF and I were standing out in the hall of our school, watching our lovely students pass by, and she turned to me and asked, "Do flies really puke on their food before they eat it?". I had a notion of an answer, as I have seen the movie, "The Fly", which shows Jeff Goldblum puking his guts out before he eats his prey....but I wanted to make sure I was right with my answer.

So I put on my super power clothes of "Random Researcher", and this is what I found out:

Yes, indeed, flies DO upchuck on their food. Apparently, they can taste, smell, and feel with the hairs that cover their bodies. The hairs on the fly's mouth parts and feet are used for tasting. Flies taste what they walk on. If they walk onto something tasty, they put down their mouth and taste it again. By puking on it. And sucking it up.

Gross.

Can you imagine if human beings had the same abilities?

I'm walking along the street, and tasting asphault.....icky! Or what if I happen to accidentally step in some dog poo...I'm SOOOO not wanting that taste in my mouth!

Thank god I'm not a fly.

Ironically, a fly cleans itself constantly....no wonder, as it is landing on piles of crap and throwing up on its food...cleanliness is probably a must for the fly, yes?