how do fly's land on ceilings?

Answer 1

Flies nearly can land on every place. When they land on the ceiling, they're upside down. We take it for granted, but think about this one...When the fly is heading for the ceiling, it's flying right side up. When it lands on the ceiling it is upside down. At some point along the way it has to flip over. But when? And Where? And How?

Scientists dispelled the prevalent theory, that the fly performed a fighter pilot-like barrel roll just prior to landing, by capturing this momentous event on film.

Freeze frames, from the high-speed cameras scientists used, proved that flies don't flip, but flop, as they land upon the ceiling. Prior to impact, the fly extends its forward legs over its head, makes contact, and uses the momentum it has gathered in flight to hoist the remainder of its body to the ceiling. Thus, the fly proves to be more of an acrobat, than of a fighter pilot practicing his maneuvers.

Once the fly reunites all six feet on the ceiling, it keeps things dazzlingly exciting, by gracefully tiptoeing across the ceiling, securing itself by using sticky pads found under the two claws attached to each of its feet. It is because of these sticky pads and the hairs on the legs that the fly is such a carrier of disease germs.

Did you know? The entire life of a housefly is spent within a few hundred feet of the area where it was born.

Referance :- chinadaily.com.cn.

Either way they are very smug !

Answer 2

Flies have wet, sticky feet with large claws that allow them to grip very smooth surfaces. To land on the ceiling, a fly flies below the ceiling and grabs it with its front legs. Its body is carried on by its speed, and the fly ends up with all its legs gripping the ceiling, facing the way it came from.

Answer 3

Flies cannot land on my ceiling because, before they can get there they are zapped by a 1500 volt fly swatter, which knocks them down in mid-air, they are then attacked again with the swatter before they can recover, a strong burning smell emanates from the swatter which is the fly being Barbecued on a 1500 volt grill I then pick them off the swatter before they a dead and throw them onto a spiders web, the fly struggles, the spider emerges and wraps up the fly in a neat bundle of silk, in seconds, to eat another day.
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Answer 4

Flys don't know its a ceiling, the might think it's the floor and
everything else is upside down. Simple.

Answer 5

Flies don't land on the ceiling, they just make the room turn upside down.

Answer 6

Flies are able to land on ceilings because they have to fat footpads called pulvilli giving the insect plenty of surface area in which to cling. The footpads have tiny hairs called setae which produce a glue-like substance made of sugars and oils.

Answer 7

At least one book said that they reach up with their two front legs, grab the ceiling, and do a somersault to bring their other legs into contact with the ceiling.

Answer 8

floys are very intelligent in other words there clever

the bottom of there feet land on the ceiling and they use lots of there strngth to stay up there!

Answer 9

if you compare the size of a ceiling to the size of a fly - woah, that thing is pretty broad, ain't it?

Answer 10

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