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mechanism from the repository code, not from the video", "catalogue_id": "flyleno", "catalogue_name": "FlyLeno (TUURD Talk)", "evidence_grade": "B", "grade_status": "from catalogue", "covers": [], "verdict_anchor": "/p/digital-fly-catalog/is-it-real/#v-flyleno", "thumbnail_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BOSg6HYVX1o/hqdefault.jpg", "views": 36763, "views_date": "2026-09-30", "playback": "link-only", "link_status": { "status": "ok", "http_code": 200, "checked_at": "2026-10-06T09:40:07Z" }, "last_checked": "2026-10-06", "language": "en" }, { "video_id": "fly-gorilla-tag", "page_anchor": "/p/digital-fly-catalog/gallery/#v-fly-gorilla-tag", "group": "g-viral", "title": "I Taught a Fly How to Play Gorilla Tag (seriously)", "display_title": "Gorilla Tag played by a fly's 'open source brain' (claim)", "title_note": null, "platform": "youtube", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK4lixw7p4M", "file_url": null, "creator": "SuperCatCrazeGT", "upload_status": "original", "original_of": null, "reposted_as": [], "uploader_note": "Creator's own upload; 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The description names MaleCNS, FlyWire, Eon Systems and DOOMFLY, and mentions games such as DOOM, Super Mario 64 and Minecraft and physical robots.", "publish_date": "2026-09-18", "duration": null, "duration_s": null, "format": "horizontal", "shows": "Long-form Spanish explainer: the fly connectome, the games and robots people connected to it, and what \"digitising a brain\" means, with the mouse and human brain as next targets.", "does_not_show": "Commentary; check each project's own grade. 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