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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 08:44 PM
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The Terrible Hairy Fly - pic

'Terrible' discovery causes buzz: A group of scientists have rediscovered the world's rarest and strangest fly - the "terrible hairy fly" - in a cave in Ukazi Hill, Kenya, its only known habitat. It's the first specimen of Mormotomiya hirsuta collected since 1948.
Photo: Robert Copeland / AFP / Getty Image
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 08:45 PM
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1. while obviously hairy, why is it "terrible?"
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 08:47 PM
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2. Good question...is it any more "terrible" than flies, in general?
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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 08:50 PM
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4. I don't know... LOL
Here is a bit more info...

http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-scientists-rediscover-africa-terrible-hairy.html
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sharp_stick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 08:52 PM
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5. It breeds in bat feces
Edited on Wed Dec-08-10 08:52 PM by sharp_stick
I guess that's kind of terrible. I don't know how it got that name, it's an interesting bug.

http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Researchers%20find%20rare%20terrible%20hairy%20fly/-/1056/1068960/-/ieorwdz/-/

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"Partial to breeding in bat faeces, the fly is thought to live only in the bat-filled cleft of a single, isolated rock in the Ukazi Hills."
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 08:48 PM
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3. It needs a teensy-weensy razor.......
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Lint Head Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 09:01 PM
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6. Needs sun glasses.
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L0oniX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 09:14 PM
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7. •
Do I need to say anything?
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Myrina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 09:27 PM
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8. ... it looks like a Christmas Tree decoration ...
... gold tinsel and all ...
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