Flies are cleverer than previously thought. They can remember their original destination even if distracted en route by another landmark. This behaviour depends on a specific group of neurons.
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Tomchik, S., Davis, R. Out of sight, but not out of mind. Nature 453, 1193–1194 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/4531192a
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