And there are other experiments that have far more generations.
Yeah, I forgot about the compound eyes. How about glow-in-the-dark eyes? I’d take that as an acceptable substitute.
Just don’t give them tiny chainsaw legs …. RZZZZZ!!
Following that link, one of the experiments:
How about that?
Energizer Bunny eat your heart out!
David Ord-Hume talks about that at length in his book Perpetual Motion. The bell is more of a static electricity machine, and uses very little current. It’s been running off a home-built sulfur-encased battery from the start. There have apparently been cases where it stopped because of atmospheric conditions, but we won’t talk about that – it’s never been turned “off” since it started. Most impressive to me is that apparently a pile of metal has grown at the base of the striker. It’s a unique case of a gently struck bell starting to wear out before the battery itself does.
There is actually a minor controversy here regarding this experiment. It appears that researchers did not follow proper protocol and failed to obtain informed consent from the flies.
You’re saying they were kept in the dark?
Smeghead, come to the front of the class and get your gold star.
No, but fruit flies like an apple!
Those cave dwelling insects and crayfish-that have lost their eyes (due to evolutionary change): will they re-grow eyes if moved into the light?
flies live in darkness
can’t see the poo in this cave
small cameras useless
1400 generations, 57 years, that comes to what - less than 30 generations a year…sounds on the low side…
Not really. That’s about 15 days per generation. They’re probably flipping the flies every two weeks. That’s standard.
Fly flipping…is that anything like dwarf tossing?
It’s not nearly as much fun. It just means taking the next generation of flies and putting them on fresh food.
I thought fly flipping was when you bought a el cheapo fixer up fly, threw some paint, new carpet, and sod on it and then sold it for a sweet profit.
When this experiment was first set up, I bet they planned to go 100 years, or maybe 60. But who picks 57 years as the end date??? Somebody got impatient, I think.
Waiter! Bring some shit for my fly.
“Fresh” food for flies? Seems inappropriate somehow. 