"When you see a fly flitting around your hair, or your potato salad, you might see an annoyance," Michael Dickinson says. "But in my lab you really see a marvelous machine, arguably the most sophisticated flying device on the planet." from NPR Morning Edition, August 29, 2008, Flies In Danger Escape With Safety Dance, by Joe Palca

I was reminded once more what an amazing world we live in. These annoying creatures have to be studied with high-speed cameras to be able to understand what they do. All like is sacred.