I've been fascinated by these flies ever since one jumped from an Aussie King Parrot onto my hand and disappeared under my watch.
I caught it and filmed it.
It's titled
"Fascinating Bird Lice. This Flat Fly plays dead"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGgEybfPXy4
Recently I caught another one that crawled from a White-Headed Pigeon I was feeding so I filmed me fingers mucking about [bANNED TEXT] it.
It's titled
Flat Fly comes back from the dead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmvHuVBA964