Hummingbird hawkmoths may have their own version of being left-handed or right-handed, using one preferred eye and one side of their long proboscis together to search flowers
- Credit: Erik Karits from PexelsHummingbird hawkmoths may have their own version of being left-handed or right-handed, using one preferred eye and one side of their long feeding tube together to search flowers for nectar.
- The discovery, made by a team of biologists at the University of Konstanz, shows how creatures with small brains save mental energy when making precise physical movements.
- In a study titled Conservation of a lateralized visuomotor axis in hawkmoth proboscis probing, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), researchers Lochlan Walsh and Anna Stöckl
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- Credit: Erik Karits from PexelsHummingbird hawkmoths may have their own version of being left-handed or right-handed, using one preferred eye and one side of their long feeding tube together to search flowers for nectar.
- The discovery, made by a team of biologists at the University of Konstanz, shows how creatures with small brains save mental energy when making precise physical movements.
- In a study titled Conservation of a lateralized visuomotor axis in hawkmoth proboscis probing, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), researchers Lochlan Walsh and Anna Stöckl
Sources: Times of India