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Title: Do flies sleep?
Post by: cheryl j on 23/11/2011 06:12:14

Do flies sleep?

Title: Do flies sleep?
Post by: Don_1 on 23/11/2011 09:23:51

There's a stroke of luck, a passing fly, I'll ask him. (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smileyvault.com%2Falbums%2Fmisc%2Fsmiley-vault-misc-093.gif&hash=3ef7ea5d6a39319779631279a8536b92) (http://www.smileyvault.com/)

"Excuse me Mr Fly, do you ever sleep?"

Hehehe, now while he's distracted, thinking I am interested in conversing with him..."

XXX THWACK XXX

Opps, perhaps I should have let him answer first, no matter, I'll find another one..... "I say, cooee, Mr F-l-yyyyyyy-eeeeeee, come to meeeeee, I want to ask you a question."

"Not bloody likely, I saw what you did to my mate! I'm off out-a here"(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millan.net%2Fminimations%2Ftoolminis%2Ffly1.gif&hash=ad0b0c330da883e46789afb49c1bb3c1)

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OK, cut the silliness now.

Yes, it seems flies do sleep and even take naps, look at this study (http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/computinglife/sleeppattern.htm) of fruit flies carried out at the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.