Fruit Flies like a Banana

That's like Frasier and Ali going at it for 9 hours straight! Who would have guessed that male flies fight each other? In fact, fruit flies have a lot of weird little tidbits about them that we never get to see...

Flies get drunk! In fact it's been shown that male flies actually try to mate with other males when intoxicated. Maybe the flies get super horny and can care less who or what they mate with. Can they even tell a difference between males and females at this point?

Aside from fighting and drinking, flies (like peeps) love sex! I heard about a researcher who put six flies of both sexes in a petri dish to see what happens. You'll never guess. A male and female would start mating and the rest, instead of "doin' dey own thang", would instead make a circle and watch. Yes watch. Just watch. And some would come up and lick the mating pairs' genitalia. That's right. A fly orgy.

I hope some of this has surprised you as much as it's surprised me the first time I heard about it. I actually work in a fly lab so you'll probably hear more interesting stories. Hope you enjoyed this. Man it's getting late. Time flies like an arrow.

Fruit Flies like a banana.