a team of scientists at oxford university and the university of east anglia found that male fruit flies can become increasingly aggressive when they don t have enough food. one of the study s authors, danielle edmundsjoins us now. do you want to start with some of the basics for us? why did you even start looking at this? start looking at this? well, i ve been researching start looking at this? well, i ve been researching aggression i start looking at this? well, i ve been researching aggression in| start looking at this? well, i ve i been researching aggression in fruit flies, because actually, fruit flies show quite a lot of aggression. it probably wouldn t have thought of it, because they are just small little flies that don t look that violence. but for males, they start off with low intensity behaviour, like fencing each other, where they will poke each other with their legs, that they will chase each other, and they lunge at each other, where they raised their upper body and t
to fight? that is a really good oint, to fight? that is a really good point. and to fight? that is a really good point, and that to fight? that is a really good point, and that is to fight? that is a really good point, and that is one - to fight? that is a really good point, and that is one of i to fight? that is a really good point, and that is one of the i point, and that is one of the hypotheses we thought might be true. but for male fruit flies, these food patches don tjust represent nutrition. they are also a really good breeding site, where they can find a mate. there is quite high motivation to gain access to the breeding territory. breeding territory. danielle, whenever breeding territory. danielle, whenever we breeding territory. danielle, whenever we do breeding territory. danielle, whenever we do stories i breeding territory. danielle, i whenever we do stories about investigations or experiments with animals, we checked, where any flies harmed during the process