We may have become the irritating things we hate and swat.

OMG! We have become a lot like flies! This article tells us how sneaky male flies woo their lover flies with "fake" gifts just long enough to have their way with her:

Jan. 11, 2005 — "Females among many insects and animals, including humans, enjoy receiving gifts during courtship, but a new study on flies reveals that males can woo their intendeds with worthless, fake love tokens, even if such cheating is otherwise undocumented for the species.
By the time the female fly realizes her lover is a cheapskate and beats him off with her wings, the male already has mated with her and leaves with his faux present to find another partner.

But let us not put all the blame of such bad behavior on the males. The article goes on:

"The researchers also found a link between the size and quality of a gift and the duration of copulation. Impressively large, real food gifts presented before mating led to the longest copulation periods. Smaller, real gifts were next in line, followed by the big fake token presents and then small, worthless gifts.
If a female fly did not have hold of a gift, she immediately stopped copulation and literally shooed off the male."

Does this sound a little familiar?

How about this with birds:

"Like a human male with an attractive, elegant bedroom, bowerbirds build colorful nests with objects such as bits of shells, stones, and even discarded pens. Some of the birds color-coordinate their home decor, so that the bower, or nest, appears to be all white or all blue. As for many humans, the flashiest pad tends to attract the most mates."

I really don't think I ever took in consideration the color cordination of a guy's apartment on whether to date him or not, so maybe we haven't quite become like birds, but the flies....I think it is downright SPOOKY!!!!