The President vs. the Dipteran
Twitter is awash in tweets (requires that you're logged in) about this video that demonstrates Barack Obama's ninja-like fly-killing skillz.
If I have one complaint (and I never have just one) it's that the Christian Science Monitor spelled house fly as
Am I the only one that feels bad about seeing that innocent hexapod bite the dust on national television?! It's funny how many people are converging on jokes about PETA, the Onion, and how the President is now resurrecting the fly. Oh you crazy twitterers!
If I have one complaint (and I never have just one) it's that the Christian Science Monitor spelled house fly as
housefly. By excluding the space between those words the implication is that this insect isn't a true dipteran! It sure looks like one (quite possibly to me Muscidae), and it most certainly is not a mosquito (Culicidae), as labeled in YouTube.
Am I the only one that feels bad about seeing that innocent hexapod bite the dust on national television?! It's funny how many people are converging on jokes about PETA, the Onion, and how the President is now resurrecting the fly. Oh you crazy twitterers!
The video title said it was a "mosquito" --NO WAY!
Posted by Gail on June 16, 2009 at 10:42 PM EDT #
I hate to be a culicidist, but I think if it WAS a mosquito (an Aedes albopictus, anyway) I would not feel bad at all that this hexapod was crushed on national television!
Posted by ardeans on June 16, 2009 at 10:50 PM EDT #