Why do flies see in slow motion
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The square cube law means that things happen faster for tiny creatures. Insects, particularly flying ones, need very fast reflexes to cope with their environment.
Just ask model plane pilots about how easy it is to fly very small models as compared to larger ones; the smaller they are, the quicker reaction times are required. Today’s tiny drones are only flyable because they have in-built automation to handle the fast controlling and humans are only choosing the broad direction of travel.
Since flies have fast visual systems, that can be considered seeing in slow motion. Of course they’re actually seeing in real time, but for humans to handle the same visual tasks, time would have to be slowed down for us to cope.
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