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... dance is not particularly inspiring , but then neither are many of the dances performed by the human species . In the fly the dance at least performs a useful function . Under ordinary circumstances , a fly when not flying or standing ...
... dance is not particularly inspiring , but then neither are many of the dances performed by the human species . In the fly the dance at least performs a useful function . Under ordinary circumstances , a fly when not flying or standing ...
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... dance . One has only to clock a few dances by flies of various de- grees of hunger or a few dances set off by sugar solutions of different strengths in order to be able to look at a dance and interpret it . Other flies apparently cannot ...
... dance . One has only to clock a few dances by flies of various de- grees of hunger or a few dances set off by sugar solutions of different strengths in order to be able to look at a dance and interpret it . Other flies apparently cannot ...
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... dance , a primitive searching behavior , was the evolutionary forerunner of the honeybee's Waggle Dance . Perhaps if we could understand more about these primitive dances we could come closer to comprehending the dance " language " of ...
... dance , a primitive searching behavior , was the evolutionary forerunner of the honeybee's Waggle Dance . Perhaps if we could understand more about these primitive dances we could come closer to comprehending the dance " language " of ...
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