I assume it’s a 100% chance of death for the fly but IDK. Maybe they can stay in the air long enough to slow down? I’m not sure how fly flight can work at that speed.

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    They react very, very quickly by adjusting orientation and shape.

    They experience time slower, to them a second just feels longer. It’s like Neo in permanent “bullet time”.

    When I was a kid it was pretty easy to catch one alive in my hand. But now my reflexes have slowed and I can only do it from experience and luckily having large hands.

    But my big ass hand smacking one out the air and catching it in the same palm is going to hurt it more than going out a window, and weirdly enough I’ve never killed a fly catching it.

    They’re a lot sturdier than people think. Any amount of bounce and they’re cool.