The directional movement or response of living organisms to wind, where they orient themselves toward or away from wind currents.
From Greek anemos (wind) plus taxis (arrangement or ordered movement), literally 'wind arrangement,' describing biological responses to wind stimuli.
Anemotaxis is a survival strategy—flies will orient into the wind to escape, mosquitoes can navigate toward warm-blooded animals by reading how wind carries body heat, and migrating birds use wind patterns like invisible highways in the sky!
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