Tsetse flies, the biological vector of human and African trypanosomiasis in West Africa, may be able to learn from their past feeding experiences.

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In experimental conditions, when given the choice between cattle and reptiles hosts, flies were more likely to return to the same hosts they had fed on 2 days earlier.  

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This may have important consequences on the inter- vs. intra-species transmssion of trypanosomes.