News Life In a crisis, fruit flies do stunt turns Sophisticated tracking equipment reveals insects’ subtle, deft moves OUTTA HERE A time-lapse photograph shows a fruit fly doing a remarkably swift emergency turn. courtesy of Florian Muijres By Susan Milius April 10, 2014 at 3:42 pm - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Print (Opens in new window) Print View the video With a brain the size of a salt grain, a fruit fly can do Top Gun maneuvers in about one-fiftieth of the time it takes to blink a human eye.
