How to Catch Fruit Flies (Video) (IMAGE)

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How to Catch Fruit Flies (Video)

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You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar -- or can you? In this video, Reactions explains the chemistry behind why fruit flies love vinegar so much that some entomologists call them "vinegar flies": https://youtu.be/GL2ImHRxUD0.

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