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Mumbling_Mute t1_it6am66 wrote

Reply to comment by YashaAstora in Is building dams a learned behaviour for beavers? by Snoo-82132

I suspect we have a lot instinctual behaviours that don't make much sense either when examined from a logical perspective. Social/antagonist behaviours come to mind as an area where we probably do a lot of things because of instinctual conditioning.

Even something as the mammalian dive reflex is an instinctual physical reaction.

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Oh_My-Glob t1_it6bk5x wrote

You beat me to saying the same thing. A big instinct for humans is the ability to learn language. Yes we have to develop the ability as we grow but I bet beavers also get better at building dams with experience

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