How many times have you managed to swat a fly with a hand? Difficult is not it? The secret behind this capability is now known explanation. For the past 20 years researching the biomechanics of fly wings, Michael Dickinson of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) recently broke now. That, too, because she was always curious about the simple question and often asked many people he had met. "Now I have the answer," said Dickinson who conducted the study with Esther M and M Abe Zarem. He discovered the secret maneuvers after recording a number of threatened blow flies using a digital camera that can record the speed and resolution tinggi.Mereka found that flies can identify threats based on location. Otanya will calculate how much a threat to them before deciding to flap its wings and fled. After predicting the direction of the threat, foot rests to fly in the opposite direction. All the preparation can be done to escape very quickly, just 100 milliseconds ...
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