Fancy Footwork Helps Flies Cheat Death

jerry submitted, created time 3 months 3 days (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)

A study discovered that the fly anticipates the direction of a looming threat and makes split-second movements that better prepare it to take off in the opposite direction. The findings reveal a level of movement planning rarely seen in such a simple organism.

Keywords: insects movement planning neuroscience fruit flies