Ever wondered what a fly is doing when it lands on your food? World Health Organisation did some research to figure out just what happens.A recent survey asked participants: "if you were at a restaurant, which critter wld make you drop your fork: Rats, cockroaches, flies, ants?" 61% chose cockroaches. But
scientists warn that flies are actually *twice* more likely to spread germs - specifically those ubiquitous, hard-to-swat *houseflies*.

So what's the science behind this? Well, flies eat some of the grossest things imaginable: *Poop (excreta), garbage, rotting animal carcasses*. Another fact about flies is that they can't chew, so in order to eat, they spit-up enzymes onto their food, which dissolves it & lets them slurp it up.

Even though it's probably the grossest thing imaginable, it's actually the *bacteria & viruses* that get stuck to their body that spreads disease & makes people sick, not their enzymatic spit-up. They only need to touch your food for _*a second, YES, 1 SECOND*_ for their legs or the tiny hairs all over their bodies to transfer germs from all those nasty things they eat onto what you're eating. And since flies can transfer serious, contagious diseases like _*CHOLERA, DYSENTERY & TYPHOID*_, it's probably best if you avoiding eating things that fly lands on.