Monarch Flight Simulator (VIDEO)

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This video depicts a tethered monarch butterfly in the flight simulator. When the butterfly is manually rotated to a new direction, it quickly corrects its bearing to continue on a migratory flight path.

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Reppert Lab, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Neurobiology

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