The secret world of the house-fly: A life of nightclubs, see-saws and sunbathing (claims one artist) By DAILY MAIL REPORTER UPDATED: 13:25 GMT, 8 October 2009 10 View comments Everyone likes to pick on a fly. All they do all day is jump repeatedly from your bin to your plate, spreading diseases with a blatant disregard for hygiene standards. However, when no-ones looking, flies have amazingly human traits, at least according to one sketch artist. Hes captured them queuing outside nightclub toilets, racing each other on the athletics track, or just relaxing on the beach. Flies undone: Theres always a queue when you most need to go The unknown artist used dead flies for his artistic doodlings, using nothing more than a pencil and scrap of paper to create his scenes. So instead of flies buzzing around last nights takeaway, pestering the cat, or annoying the ears of horses, we get to see the lighter side of a flys life. While not in the same league as Damien Hirsts picked sheep, some people may take umbrage at seeing the corpses of flies used as caricatures. But the series of images could do wonders for the PR of flies, who usually receive nothing more than a sharp swat on a friendly fly-by. Acrobatics: With a bit of team-work, one fly achieves lift-off Read more: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1218947/The-secret-world-house-fly-A-life-nightclubs-saws-sunbathing-claims-artist.html#ixzz3F3plPlUX Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
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