Why Is It so Hard to Swat a Fly?

SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. Flies are evasive buzzing machines that make it nearly impossible to swat. Luckily, science has some explanation to help you predict their next move. Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Chris Peters, Matt Curls, Kevin Bealer, Jeffrey Mckishen, Jacob, Christopher R Boucher, Nazara, Jason A Saslow, charles george, Christoph Schwanke, Ash, Bryan Cloer, Silas Emrys, Eric Jensen, Adam Brainard, Piya Shedden, Jeremy Mysliwiec, Alex Hackman, GrowingViolet, Sam Lutfi, Alisa Sherbow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Melida Williams, Tom Mosner ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: http://www.scishowtangents.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982208010488 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19643699/ https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.16.422884v1.full https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0845?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/am/pii/S1467803916301189 https://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/98legacy/04_09_98a.html https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-3032.1978.tb00139.x https://www.istockphoto.com/video/fly-gm477830889-26543631 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/angry-woman-killing-mosquitoes-with-a-fly-swatter-gm1271523830-374083350 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/drosophila-fruit-fly-diptera-insect-on-green-grass-gm878677396-245025564 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/extreme-closeup-of-common-housefly-standing-on-textured-wood-gm1357510756-431390522 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/colorful-film-reel-countdown-ptxsni7 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/big-fly-gm172331743-4461178 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fly_haltere_and_calyptra.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/beautiful-boy-exploring-nature-gm1300959709-393122833 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/eurasian-hoopoe-looking-on-bush-in-springtime-nature-gm1302503602-394227047