Hungry fruit flies are extreme ultramarathon fliers, traveling up to six million times body length
Published Date: 4/22/2021
Source: phys.org
In 2005, an ultramarathon runner ran continuously 560 kilometers (350 miles) in 80 hours, without sleeping or stopping. This distance was roughly 324,000 times the runner's body length. Yet this extreme feat pales in comparison to the relative distances that fruit flies can travel in a single flight, according to new research from Caltech.