Earthlings don't eat earth because "earth" isn't something to be eaten. Sperm whales don't eat sperm because sperm is (usually) not something to be eaten.
Fruit, however, is supposed to be eaten, and by many, many animals. By calling something a fruit fly, the expectation for most people would be that its diet consists mainly of fruit
Can somebody explain the fruit thing? I've seen fruit flies demolish fresh fruit. The amount of yeast biomass on them must be negligible at that point. Do the eggs/larvae spread the yeast before they start eating?
I’m sure the meme is apocryphal, and it’s not entirely correct. Fruit flies do eat yeast, yes…but they also eat the sugars in the fermenting fruit, not just the microorganisms causing fruit decay. I don’t know about the larvae at all, though.
The fruit flies you've seen eating fresh fruit are probably Drosophila suzukii (spotted wing fruit fly). Most (all?) other Drosophila species (including the model organism Drosophila melanogaster) only feed on rotting fruit. Though they'll consume the sugars too, not just the microorganisms. So standard lab diets include sugar along with yeast and often cornmeal.
There are also some more distantly related flies that feed on fresh fruit and are commonly called fruit flies, eg Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly)
There's even the old Marx brothers joke "time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana"
The fruit fly trap taught to me by an entomologist friend is baited with wine, suggesting the fruit flies want fermenting fruit
The trap: get a plastic fizzy drink bottle; bigger is better
Cut off the top. The cut piece is a cone
Place the cone (the top piece) upside down on the rest of the bottle
Sticky tape the joint
Bait with cheap wine or leftover wine or beer. The bait is poured down the funnel into the trap
Her tastes were revealed in the description of baiting the trap — she specified red wine, but I have tested with various booze and fruit flies have no taste, they'll go for anything. You could probably extract bait from the sourdough starter you made in lockdown and kept alive despite never making bread after that first try
That really makes me wonder what you mean by liberal
My take on the word highlights individual freedom except where it interferes with other individual's freedoms
My take has most regulation put on corporations, ie. you and I are pretty free; Google has rules to follow (and so does the butcher, baker, and candlestick maker)
To make it clear the common liberal position is individuals should be free to do as they want unless it is harmful to others; companies should be regulated enough to protect people, the environment, competition
Slaves? We have electricity and automation. Although slaves might make things easier, slaves are people and should have the same freedoms as you and me
Also employees would have might higher production than the same number of slaves
What other lies have we been told? Does time not fly like an arrow?
Emperor penguins and king penguins are not descendants of any royal bloodlines and do not have an understanding of monarchical governments.
Gray Knights have been dispatched to your location, please stand by.
Awesome, this daemon infestation on my computer (Gentoo of course) is really starting to annoy me.
Better yet, they aren't actually penguins - they were just called that because they resembled real penguins.
Which are literally dead today, because they dared live close to humans.
Poor dumb bastards.
Don't even mention macaroni penguins...so disappointing.
Are you suggesting they're not good with cheese?
Not only that, they are completely and entirely noodleless.
You sound like a conspiracy wonk.
They are the only true emperors & kings recognized by the flightless aristocracy.
Tis the human "royals" who are living lies!
Ha! That's a good one. You almost had me for a second.
What the fuck...
Someone tell this guy about Jeremy bearimy and timey wimey space stuff
A time, B time, and lunch time.
A man in a very tight suit with a blue box once told me it's more wibbly-wobbly.
Was he gender, species, and time fluid?
All the fluids. Except water on Mars, he didn't like that one bit.
Nah, it just trips into the future
Trippin', trippin', trippin'
Mosquito hawks do not, in fact, eat mosquitos.
I no longer respect those annoying fuckers.
Does an arrow fly at all?
Calm down, Zeno.
Does time fly not like an arrow?
When we're having fun.
Earthlings don't eat Earth either. They're still Earthlings.
Sperm whales don't eat sperm.
Mayflies don't eat May or any other month.
W wait a s second! What do sperm wales eat? Have I been pointlessly jacking off into the ocean for decades??
No, you've been keeping the salinity high.
Thank you for your service.
Dobsonflies don't even eat Dobson!
What a world
Inflammable means flammable?! What a country!
Earthlings don't eat earth because "earth" isn't something to be eaten. Sperm whales don't eat sperm because sperm is (usually) not something to be eaten.
Fruit, however, is supposed to be eaten, and by many, many animals. By calling something a fruit fly, the expectation for most people would be that its diet consists mainly of fruit
Or ya know, that they're usually found hanging around near fruit.
Wtf do earthlings eat other than earth? Plants, animals & fungus are all parts of Earth TO BE EATEN
By other animals or fungus.
I wish I had the time and money to create crimes against nature.
Don't you drive a car?
It's not like they built the car, though.
The trick is to use other people's time and money to create crime against nature.
Are horseflies a lie because they don't eat horses?
Without a lie they'd just be horsefs
Daaaaad
Came up with that yoursef, did you?
...Jousef
No it's because they take a horse sized chunk out of you when they bite you
But they do? Along with any other animal that happens to be nearby.
That is the one insect I will go out of my way to kill.
Don't.
Ok let me introduce you to the barn owl
Do they eat barns?
Polar bears are responsible for the ice caps disappearing.
You're right. They only drink horse (and cattle) blood.
Horse or cow vampire fly is a little long winded for a name.
But it does sound kind of cool!
time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana
You already know what you call a fly with no wings
A walk
Reminds me of the old joke, what do you call a fly with no wings?
A walk.
The victim of a psycopath in the making.
They’re called fruit flies because they gather around rotting fruit.
But there are also “true fruit flies” which do eat fruit.
So why are you called "tramp-ass human"?
They're generally called vinegar flies, and they don't infest fresh fruit like fruit flies do when they lay their eggs in fruit.
Can somebody explain the fruit thing? I've seen fruit flies demolish fresh fruit. The amount of yeast biomass on them must be negligible at that point. Do the eggs/larvae spread the yeast before they start eating?
I’m sure the meme is apocryphal, and it’s not entirely correct. Fruit flies do eat yeast, yes…but they also eat the sugars in the fermenting fruit, not just the microorganisms causing fruit decay. I don’t know about the larvae at all, though.
The fruit flies you've seen eating fresh fruit are probably Drosophila suzukii (spotted wing fruit fly). Most (all?) other Drosophila species (including the model organism Drosophila melanogaster) only feed on rotting fruit. Though they'll consume the sugars too, not just the microorganisms. So standard lab diets include sugar along with yeast and often cornmeal.
There are also some more distantly related flies that feed on fresh fruit and are commonly called fruit flies, eg Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly)
There's even the old Marx brothers joke "time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana"
The fruit fly trap taught to me by an entomologist friend is baited with wine, suggesting the fruit flies want fermenting fruit
The trap: get a plastic fizzy drink bottle; bigger is better
Cut off the top. The cut piece is a cone
Place the cone (the top piece) upside down on the rest of the bottle
Sticky tape the joint
Bait with cheap wine or leftover wine or beer. The bait is poured down the funnel into the trap
Her tastes were revealed in the description of baiting the trap — she specified red wine, but I have tested with various booze and fruit flies have no taste, they'll go for anything. You could probably extract bait from the sourdough starter you made in lockdown and kept alive despite never making bread after that first try
Doesn't even have to be actual booze. Apple cider vinegar + a drop of dawn dish soap works a treat.
I guess not everyone has easy access to booze
biological lab work with animal subjects is the closest things we have to Roman augury.
THE POWER!
Drosophila are awesome! Been working on them for a long time:)
Where my cheeky FlyNap sniffers at?
That's what liberals want us to be
LiberalsAll authoritarians left AND right. Please learn your political compass so you can have grown up conversations.
That was an unrecognized attempt to reference a meme "future liberals want"
Please calibrate your joke meter so you can have normal conversations.
That's what we are already tbh
That really makes me wonder what you mean by liberal
My take on the word highlights individual freedom except where it interferes with other individual's freedoms
My take has most regulation put on corporations, ie. you and I are pretty free; Google has rules to follow (and so does the butcher, baker, and candlestick maker)
To make it clear the common liberal position is individuals should be free to do as they want unless it is harmful to others; companies should be regulated enough to protect people, the environment, competition
Add to it the rule that every free person could have up to 3 slaves and I'm in
Oh no? Isn't it the same as having 12 full time workers?
Slaves? We have electricity and automation. Although slaves might make things easier, slaves are people and should have the same freedoms as you and me
Also employees would have might higher production than the same number of slaves