Last Friday the N.Y. Times did a lengthy article on research being done on the fruit fly. They are studying its habits and appetites - and one assertion is that when a male fruit fly is rejected by a virgin female, he takes to alcohol - similar to what a rejected human might do. The research is promoted in that it can lead to further study on addiction in humans. However, some of the comments on the article are more amusing than the copy. One such commentator quoted Groucho Marx saying "Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana." Good old quotable Groucho! So the next time you see a fruit fly land on the rim of your wine glass, before you swat him - or drown him - remember he might be a rejected suitor seeking solace in your Chardonnay.
tjs
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great post and photo
ReplyDeletePoor little fruit fly. Still, I'd tell him to get his own glass of wine :)
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