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To: epicure who wrote (52138)	8/19/1999 10:20:00 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Not so good at reading?:" depends upon the symbolic transmission of its "ways" to survive." I allowed for some amount of imitation by the reference to incidental learning....

To: epicure who wrote (52138)	8/19/1999 6:56:00 PM
From: nihil	Respond to of 108807

This is not a simple problem. Many species preservers have had to learn how to "teach" birds to fly and feed. Falcons are typically raised from chicks and are taught how to hunt desired game. They often escape and apparently survive since they almost never return to their falconers to be fed. Kittens must be taught to hunt and kill by their mothers (and the same goes for bigger, wilder felines. Dogs are amazingly trainable. Herding dogs instincts are very powerful, but only a few inherit the combination of instinct and trainability that allows them to be champions. The herding instinct is pure wolf, but if not shaped by training it isn't functional. Moreover, champion must be trained to protect and not to eat (or bite) their herds. "Heritage" is not only instincts but also socially transmitted learning. The social instincts of humans, apes, elephants are no doubt genetic (think about the new Emory research on mouse monogamy) but much of the behavior is learned. The old nature-nurture dispute must be fought out for each species. People learn a lot, but ants very little, I suspect.