Fly Fight Club.

By Alex in Animals & Pets, Science & Tech on Nov 26, 2006 at 3:10 pm

According to Edward Kravitz of Harvard University, aggression is a nearly universal feature of social animals. Even flies and lobsters fight.

It turns out that male and female flies fight differently – and it all comes down to a single gene. If a fly has it, it fights like a boy, if not it fights like a girl (regardless of what sex it actually was).

Check out some fight sequences from flies and lobsters (set to music!) at the Kravitz’ lab website: Link – via New Scientist Blogs


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