Gulp Alive
Scientists Find Fruit Flies Self-Medicate With Booze (newsy-allvideos)
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**(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)**
**BY ADNAN S. KHAN**
**ANCHOR BLAKE HANSON**
Who needs a doctor when you have a bartender? One species of fruit fly hits
the bottle to keep from being eaten alive. New Scientist explains…
The problem these flies face is their natural enemy, a parasitic wasp, tends
to lay eggs in the flies’ larvae. When the eggs hatch, the hatchlings eat the
fly alive from the inside.
Knowing you’re faced with certain death — might drive anyone to drink. But
these flies aren’t depressed, they’re motivated. Scientists have discovered
that by ingesting alcohol, the flies can kill of the wasp parasites in their
bloodstream. Live Science explains how the flies come across their favorite
cocktail.
**”Fruit fly larvae feed on the yeast and other fungi from rotting, or
fermenting, fruit; during their snacking, the flies are bound to ingest the
boozy byproducts of the fungi’s fermentation — they are even able to use it
as a food source and thrive on food with up to 4 percent alcohol.”**
So — it’s not some 20-year-old scotch these buzzing bugs are getting drunk
on. But Io9 says it’s no “coincidence of diet” that these flies are …
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