The secret is in his 360º vision , which allows him to perceive any danger in his environment and execute a series of ultra-fast movements to avoid it. Michael Dickison and Gwyneth Card of the California Institute of Technology have recorded the sequence with a high-speed camera. The nano-length film shows how it takes just a fifth of a second for the fly to detect an approaching black disk and to position itself in the most ideal position to launch into flight.
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