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Reuters reports that one of the world's rarest flies has been found in Kenya.
It's called the "Terrible Hairy Fly".
It is thought to live only in the Ukazi Hills in Kenya.
The last examples to be discovered were in 1933 and 1948.
And this insect is ... flightless !
LOL ... pathetic !
How, exactly, is an insect classified as a "fly" if it can't ... fly!
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It's called the "Terrible Hairy Fly".
It is thought to live only in the Ukazi Hills in Kenya.
The last examples to be discovered were in 1933 and 1948.
And this insect is ... flightless !
LOL ... pathetic !
How, exactly, is an insect classified as a "fly" if it can't ... fly!
(?)
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one reason that the insect is so rare is that it has no easy way to spread from one place to another. unlike many insects, it has no obvious way to cling on to animals, and its wings are not capable of flight. it is believed that the fly could be the only species of fly that is completely restricted to africa.
these strange characteristics have left biologists unsure about where it belongs in its taxonomic order. its appearance doesn’t help – it looks more like a six-legged spider than a fly.
the latest scientists to find the creature will use molecular analysis techniques to try to work out where the “terrible hairy fly” fits in the evolutionary process.
in fact, they decided that it does fit into the diptera order (two winged) family (like all the over flying flies), but as a lonely species in its own family (awwww)….mormotomyiidae (diptera, superfamily: hippoboscoidea).
its taken a while to rediscover because of where it lives in a very small part of a very large continent.
these strange characteristics have left biologists unsure about where it belongs in its taxonomic order. its appearance doesn’t help – it looks more like a six-legged spider than a fly.
the latest scientists to find the creature will use molecular analysis techniques to try to work out where the “terrible hairy fly” fits in the evolutionary process.
in fact, they decided that it does fit into the diptera order (two winged) family (like all the over flying flies), but as a lonely species in its own family (awwww)….mormotomyiidae (diptera, superfamily: hippoboscoidea).
its taken a while to rediscover because of where it lives in a very small part of a very large continent.
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