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Do You Prefer Sleep Or Sex? Fruit Flies Know

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Fruit flies and humans are very similar genetically. So make what you will of a study that showed female fruit flies will have sex when tired, while tired males would rather sleep.

Lizzie Crocker
Lizzie Crocker
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Lizzie Crocker

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