Dragonflies predict and plan their hunts

Stacey A. Combes ()
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Stacey A. Combes: Concord Field Station, Harvard University, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730, USA.

Nature, 2015, vol. 517, issue 7534, 279-280

Abstract: An analysis reveals that the dragonfly's impressive ability to catch its prey arises from internal calculations about its own movements and those of its target — the first example of such predictions in invertebrates. See Article p.333

Date: 2015
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