Fruit flies found to move their retinas, instead of moving their eyes

Fruit flies differ from us in a great many ways, including the fact that they can't move their eyes relative to the rest of their head. That's not a problem, however, as new research shows that they move their retinas within their unmoving eyes instead.

Fruit flies move their retinas much like humans move their eyes

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