WASHINGTON: Flies likely feel fear similar to the way that we do, according to a new study that opens up the possibility that flies experience other emotions too.
The finding further suggests that other small creatures — from ants to spiders — may be emotional beings as well.
“No one will argue with you if you claim that flies have four fundamental drives just as humans do: feeding, fighting, fleeing, and mating,” says William Gibson, lead author of the study published in the journal Current Biology.
“Taking the question a step further — whether flies that flee a stimulus are actually afraid of that stimulus — is much more difficult,” adds Gibson, a postdoctoral fellow at Caltech.
Such a ‘stimulus’ could be an annoyed person chasing the fly with a swatter, or even a creepy shadow that could mean a threat is imminent.
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