How Flies Walk On Ceilings

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If you want to know how flies walk on ceilings,ceilings, then this is how. They have three legs on each side and each leg has five parts. Every bottom part on each leg has a foot. Each foot has some pads called purvillipurvilli that are sticky - it’s a kind of glue that has a substancesubstance made of sugar and oil. They have tiny hairs called setaesetae which have little tips like spatulas.spatulas. Each foot has two claws to help the fly get off the ceiling. The next time you see a fly on the ceiling you know how it can hold on.
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Bibliography
Still More Tell Me Why by Arkady Leokum, published by Hamlyn Press in 1973 amp.livescience.com
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