Give an example of an instinct?

Answer 1

An instinct is a thought, feeling or behavior that comes naturally to an organism. All instincts must be functional, universal and complex through out the same sex conspecifics of a species. More simply said they are adaptation in the brain. Instincts also range in flexibility. For example a baby's instinct to suck on their mother's nipple is very inflexible all normally functioning babies do it no matter where they are born. On the other extreme language is instintual for humans but it is very flexible- what language you speak depends on when and where you where raised.

Answer 2

Predators chase fleeing animals. Birds migrating south during fall. Wolves forming packs. Salmon returning to the stream they were born. Bears denning up in late fall. Young tigers seeking their own territories as they become adults. Most wild creatures depend on instinct ingrained over eons to survive.

Answer 3

An example of instinct is a spider building a specific type of web. Another example is the migratory patterns of birds.

Answer 4

an instinctive behavior is an behavior that an animal or plant is born with such as a baby turtles first reaction after breaking free from shell they break free

Answer 5

long eyelashes,long toes,cleft chin,and a hitch hickers thumb

Answer 6

An instinct is something that naturally tells you what to do. For example: a mother dog being protective of her puppies. Instinctually, she knows she has to.

Answer 7

Birds building a nest is an instinct, beecause they knew how to do it natuarally from the day they were born. They do not need to learn how because they automaticlly know

Answer 8

migration and hiberation