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Okay, something I'm confused about. "Dorsal side" means, as far as I can tell, your back. So if a fly is keeping its dorsal side facing the moon, that means its
by CobrastanJorji 3y ago
Okay, something I'm confused about. "Dorsal side" means, as far as I can tell, your back. So if a fly is keeping its dorsal side facing the moon, that means its back is pointing at the moon.
When the moon's directly overhead, this makes lots of sense. Fly goes around wherever. But if the moon's low on the eastern horizon, would we expect flies to mostly be facing upwards, and mostly flying west?
- dclowd9901 3y agoDoesn’t it just make more sense that they orient their movement in relation to the moon? Doesn’t matter what the specific orientation is — if the moon is 3 inches across and sitting in a room, it’s gonna fuck with the insect’s navigation.