From: Nathania Chaney Aiello (nathania@attbi.com)
Date: Tue Sep 10 2002 - 05:06:55 PDT
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 05:06:55 -0700 Subject: Re: the fly From: Nathania Chaney Aiello <nathania@attbi.com> Message-ID: <B9A32E6F.474%nathania@attbi.com>
Eric,
I first experienced this a few summers ago when I took some students to a
dude ranch in Texas. The theory I heard was that the water acts like a
lens, when the flies get near the bag, they see themselves as a much bigger
fly reflected and are scared away. Don't know if I believe in its
effectiveness, but they sure were in use all around Amarillo.
Nathania Chaney Aiello
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>
> Subject: the fly
> From: "Eric Muller" <emuller@isaac.exploratorium.edu>
> Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 13:08:40 -0700
>
> Hi Pinholers,
> So I was at a restaurant the other day and noticed an odd thing
> hanging in the doorway. Tacked to the top of the doorframe was a
> Ziplock bag filled with water. I asked what it was for and was told
> it helps keep flies out. I asked if it worked and a couple people
> said it does.
>
> What's going on? Anybody heard of this before?
>
> --
> Eric Muller
> Exploratorium Teacher Institute
> Science Educator
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>
> 415-561-0386
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>
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