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The Effects of Alcohol on the Brain of Fruit Fly

Babies' brains are even less complex than the brain of the fruit fly. But a brain of even these babies shows remarkable similarities to our own. And what also is amazing to me is, you know, when the animal completely transforms from being this little wiggly worm to a flying critter,. That flying critter like us, they've shown in experiments fruit flies can get depressed. They have done experiments that have shown that particularly male fruit flies who are rejected by females get depressed and turn to drink.

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