Re: Science doesn't work that way...does it?
Animal Man is not the character t debate the abilities of compared to the real world as his powers make no sense in that context (Flying without wings etc)
AFAIK flies do have the sensory equipment and reflexes to perceive the world faster than humans (Hence the problem with swatting them, they can dodge faster than we can move to hit them). I don't think Buddy literally absorbed their time perception so much as their reaction time and actual reflex speed and that will have altered his perception of the world as a side effect.