Why do flies rub their paws together? Detailed answer

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Why do flies rub their paws together?

It is already customary to consider flies in the house as an annoying nuisance. They make an annoying buzz; they annoy you when they start to crawl over your body. For centuries, the fly was considered… just an annoying irritant. And only in the twentieth century, a man suddenly learned that such a harmless-looking fly is one of his worst enemies.

It was discovered that flies carry pathogenic bacteria that can cause the death of millions of people every year! When you see how a fly rubs its paws against each other, it means that it cleans them, removing from them what has got on them, various garbage. But how dangerous this garbage can be! It can be bacteria of typhus, tuberculosis, dysentery. Flies collect these bacteria on various waste and sewage. Then, if they suddenly sit on our food, these bacteria will get into it, and we can get an infection. How does a fly spread these bacteria?

If you look at a fly through a magnifying glass, you can see that the body of a fly is not at all smooth. Her entire body, antennae and legs are covered with erect hairs. The tongue of the fly is also covered with a sticky liquid. This means that from almost any place where the fly sits, it collects dirt that sticks to its body, paws, tongue. Each of the three pairs of feet has claws and two hairy pads - so a lot of things can stick to them!

Incidentally, the sticky fluid produced in the fly's pads allows it to walk on ceilings or any other surface upside down.

Did you know that the fly is one of the oldest insects? Found the fossilized remains of flies, which are millions of years old. Will we ever get rid of flies altogether? The only thing we can do is stop them from multiplying. And if this is done, the sanitary condition of the whole world will improve significantly!

Author: Likum A.

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Why do children get chickenpox?

Chickenpox (chickenpox) is considered a childhood disease, but adults can get it too. This disease is so rare among adults because, having been ill with it once, a person usually acquires immunity against it. Therefore, having suffered chickenpox in childhood, a person becomes immune to it. Chickenpox is a contagious disease. It is believed to be caused by a virus. Usually it is transmitted through direct contact with the sick person, and not through contact with his clothes and other things.

An infected person is considered contagious for about 14 days. That is why doctors require that the patient is isolated from other family members who have not had chickenpox before, and especially from young children. Also, he should not appear either at school or in other public places. Therefore, it is very important to detect this disease in a timely manner. Its symptoms are a slight fever, loss of appetite, headache and pain in the sides. But sometimes a rash appears first on the body.

You need to know that an infected person can infect another even two days before the rash appears. And so it happens that a whole group of children in contact with him fall ill before measures are taken to prevent the spread of infection.

Although chickenpox usually goes away quite easily and does not require special treatment, it is very important that the doctor makes a diagnosis in time and observes the patient: this disease is dangerous with complications.

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