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BiologyBiology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)For billions of years, the only bright objects in the night sky were stars or the moon. Night-flying moths used these light sources to navigate in a straight Line. Today, the instinct to fly toward bright objects causes moths to exhaust themselves fluttering around streetlights and banging against brightly lit windowpanes. This behavior is not adaptive, so why does it persist?
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For billions of years, the only bright objects in the night sky were stars or the moon. Night-flying moths used these light sources to navigate in a straight Line. Today, the instinct to fly toward bright objects causes moths to exhaust themselves fluttering around streetlights and banging against brightly lit windowpanes. This behavior is not adaptive, so why does it persist?

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For billions of years, the only bright objects in the night sky were stars or the moon. Night-flying moths used these light sources to navigate in a straight Line. Today, the instinct to fly toward bright objects causes moths to exhaust themselves fluttering around streetlights and banging against brightly lit windowpanes. This behavior is not adaptive, so why does it persist?

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