I’m sure there’s something “nutritional” there for them but?
Feces has a lot of fats, fibers, proteins etc. in them. To humans they’re waste but many other things can make use of it. Flies don’t eat the poop but they try to lay hundreds of eggs on to them, so when their larvae grow they have more than enough to grow big and strong ;)
Thanks spez.
Figures spez would know so much about shit
Hey fuck you!
You would know that spez (being a maggot and all)
Ah… You know just normal ceo things.
Found the spineless invertebrate that fucked my wife, tore down my home, and ruined my business
Ah, so being a piece of shit has its upsides too huh spez?
Thank u spez
you… know your shit!
It seems they like the soft, warm consistency of poop. Not my description by the way.
Too late. You’re the “poop guy” now.
Hey, check it out, poop guy’s in town!
I’d rather be “The Shit”.
Whatever you say, poop guy.
Did you bring the poop knife over to lemmy?
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Also how do they find the poop so quickly. My dog poops and in the 5 seconds I go to pick it up there’s like 7 flies on it.
Flies actually have a pretty sensitive sense of smell, at least for some things. Good vision, too.
With how bad my dog’s poop smells, I’m not surprised that any flies within a dozen or so feet are able to hone in on it so quickly.
It’s probably the skatole.
Sounds logical.
The fly sees it and immediately thinks, “This would be a good place to start a family.”
Take my angryboost
Biological – there are many species of flies, and many of them specialise in the food of their larvae (maggots). A relatively small number of species feed on feces, which are actually quite nutritional for a whole range of organisms. As they may require fresh poop for breeding, they naturally have a very good sense to smell that – it must really smell yummy to them! :-)
Flies are among the first organisms in a chain of decomposers of organic waste materials, next to some species of beetles. Their larvae chiefly feed on the soft and moist material. Next will be fungi, other flies and beetles, mites (probably feeding on the fungi), springtails, isopods, nematodes, etc., all turning your compost into fertilised soil.Source: biologist, been closely watching my compost toilet.
Metaphorical – well, in a world where greed is acceptable and exploitation is a norm, bad things attract bad actors (who may also be specialised to metaphorically feed on certain bad stuff) – who will profit from such bad things.
No why aren’t you
It’s like a fetish.
…a very weird one.
You see, it started off with a lot of promises made, like Mexico paying for a wall, lower taxes for the wealthy, etc. then it snowballed into everything said being a dog whistle call-to-arms for all the ignorati racists to use violence against everything and everyone they fear- which essentially meant- everything they didn’t understand, like- freedom of choice, proper education, to everyone they didn’t understand, like the LGBTQ and people of color.
