Of course robber flies are 'preprogrammed' how they approach their target.
You may like to see this short video in this BBC Science & Environment
article:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39219015
Henk
Op 2020-06-07 om 14:13 schreef Daniel J. Matyola:
"Their mathematic skills must be great, because I read they predict the
traject of their preys in flight."any
As a former radar intercept officer who made many visual target approaches,
I can assure you that experience and instinct is more effective than math.
Once launched, however, the air-to-air missile did rely on
mathematical calculations, but ones performed thousands of times per second.
Dan Matyola
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On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 4:17 AM Henk Terhell <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks John. There are > 7000 species of robber flies in the world, some
of them looking like wasps.
They sting and paralyze their victims.
Their mathematic skills must be great, because I read they predict the
traject of their preys in flight.
Henk
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