Flies can move their rigid, omnidirectional eyes – a little
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Retinal Movements in Fly Compound Ice
Fly compound ice basically look everywhere at the same time. We have a part on our retina that is called fovea where we have particularly good resolution. So many of our eye movements are the purpose of pointing the fovea to one point of interest and then changing gaze. And so flies don't have that, they move their eyes when they cross the gap. When you silence these retinal muscles or mute their ability to move the retina flies cross the gap differently. They seem to use it for depth perception as well.
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