Flight path maintained: fruit fly
 

Fruit flies recover their flight path after wind gusts and other disturbances with an automatic stabilizer reflex.

         
  "Observing the aerial maneuvers of fruit flies, Cornell University  researchers have uncovered how the insects -- when disturbed by sharp  gusts of wind -- right themselves and stay on course. Fruit flies use an  automatic stabilizer reflex that helps them recover with precision from  midflight stumbles…" (Science Daily 2010)

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