Researchers have discovered that fruit flies are able to recover from mid-flight disturbances by flapping one wing harder than the other to straighten their bodies; video shows a five millisecond reaction time, the fastest of any documented animal.

Fruit flies are known to have incredible flying ability despite the inherent instability that comes with their tiny size and constant flapping. 

 Researchers set out to determine how they were able to control their ‘aerodynamic instabilities’ and discovered that the flies are able to adjust the torque of their bodies through an asymmetrical wing motion. 

In the experiment, they glued t