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Completely anecdotal but I seem to remember flies banging their heads on windows a lot more when I was younger.

Now they seem to be able to navigate their way out with comparative ease. Open a door or window and waft them in the general direction and they seem to be able to escape.

I've been wondering for a few years if this was evolution.

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Please tell me where you live so I can move there. My flies are as dumb as ever, I can't even get them to go out the window with me actively trying to kill them. They rather take their chances with the swatter or get tangled behind the curtains.

The UK. Maybe you stress them out :)

From an evolutionary perspective it would seem wrong to actively go towards the source of stress when the opposite direction clearly leads to safety. But then again what do I know. Perhaps my flies are adrenaline junkies.

I've had two birds fly into my living room window this week. I haven't even cleaned it recently. The flies may be evolving but robins have a ways to go yet.

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