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Fruit flies can get ‘hangry’ too: study – 7NEWS.com.au
Fruit flies show “hangry” behaviour when they go without food, scientists say, just like humans who get irritable and aggressive between meals.
Humans are not the only ones who can turn irritable and aggressive between meals, according to researchers, who have observed “hangry” behaviour in fruit flies.
The study indicated that male fruit flies, which feed on decaying fruit, grew ever more combative the longer they went without food – to a point.
The quarrelsome behaviour plateaued after 24 hours, research by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and Oxford University suggested.
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