Fruit Fly Jitters

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Researchers working with fruit flies–the ubiquitous lab animal–have discovered the flies are able to undergo an amazing ocular process called microsaccades (involuntary microscopic jittering of their eyes).

This means that as one constantly stares at an object, it won’t fade (in the same way the olfactory nerves in our nose may be overcome or ‘go blind’ after a time to a constant odor). This… More…

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Source: icr.org

    

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