News from Cal Tech comes to tell us
Of findings of fruit flies' emotions,
And, again, it acts to compel us
To reconsider ingrained notions:
Fruit flies are our faithful servants
As we survey Nature's schemes,
And now scientists, so observant
Have discovered brandnew scenes:
When exposed to shadows somber,
Fruit flies are shown to exhibit fear,
At least of fear's symptoms, a number
In their behavior do appear.
So, in spite of our species' station,
Or the size of our brain,
We appear in life's equation
Far less different than the same...