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Flies See the World In Slo-Mo, Say Researchers

Posted by timothy on from the sure-passes-quickly-as-the-decades-pass dept.

An anonymous reader writes "'The smaller an animal is, and the faster its metabolic rate, the slower time passes for it, scientists found. This means that across a wide range of species, time perception is directly related to size, with animals smaller than us seeing the world in slow motion.' No wonder it took so long to grow up!" Here's the original paper.

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  1. Seniors see the world at blazing speeds by Russ1642 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sitting in the left lane going ten under the speed limit while the world screams by.

  2. Re:Makes complete sense by Ogive17 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You haven't seen my reaction time when I spot a spider.

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  3. I thought this was well known by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    I honestly though this was common knowledge already. Maybe I'm a little slow.

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