Flies evade your swatting thanks to sophisticated vision and neural shortcuts - The Conversation

Why is it so difficult to swat a fly? A team of insect experts explains how a fly’s sophisticated vision allows it to quickly react to visual cues.

Sitting outside on a summer evening always sounds relaxing until flies and mosquitoes arrive then the swatting begins. Despite their minuscule eyes and a brain roughly 1 million times smaller than yo… [+5687 chars]

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