instinctive behaviour

instinctive behaviour

any behaviour pattern that is inherited and not clearly learned.
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Whether the association of a smell with increased chance of catching prey is a learned behaviour or an instinctive behaviour is not known, but it is unlikely that the spider observed here had ever come in contact with A.
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This instinctive behaviour is difficult to break - to the detriment of larger plants and shrubs - so consider creating small stone paths at the back of borders for your dog to use on their patrols.
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An overweight cat is sluggish and simply cannot partake of their most basic, instinctive behaviour.
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And what animals teach us is how to be supernormal, that is, how to manifest a kind of instinctive behaviour that, far from being one-tracked and mechanical, as per its comprehension in the popular understanding of biology, actually generates creative responses in relation to a complex environment.
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"Training the dogs according to their natural ability, not only allows them to exercise their instinctive behaviour, but can create a fantastic dog/owner bond."
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Neumuller clad the animal characters in becoming human costumes, while the instinctive behaviour of the human protagonists is accentuated in a balanced manner.
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But sleep expert Dr Chris Idzikowski told jurors: "Sexsomnia is instinctive behaviour, they are not conscious at the time."
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"Geese, and other wild birds, are by their nature very territorial and display instinctive behaviour such as hissing when they feel this territory is threatened.
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Is this learned or instinctive behaviour? Do chicks see their mothers behave like this and so, later in their life, copy her?
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