In t?? ????tw??min? ???lm ?? m?t??n?l instincts ?n? t?? mi??cl? ?? li??, ? st??? ?n??l?s—?n? ?? ? m?t??? ??? w??, in ? ??m??k??l? ?is?l?? ?? instinct??l wis??m, ??l??? ??? n?w???n ????i?s ????t?? ?n? t??iv? ?? ??ntl? ?itin? t??m. T?is n????tiv? is ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ?xt?????in??? ??n? ??tw??n ? m?t??? ?n? ??? ???s??in? ?n? t?? inn?t? kn?wl???? t??t ??i??s t?? ?nim?l kin???m in t?? m?st c??ci?l m?m?nts.
Im??in? t?? sc?n?: ? ??i?t c??n??, w???? ? m?t??? ??? ??s j?st ?iv?n ?i?t? t? ? litt?? ?? tin?, s??i?min? ????i?s. T?? ?i? is ?ill?? wit? t?? s??t c?i?s ?? t?? n?w???ns ?s t??? t?k? t??i? ?i?st ????t?s, ?n? t?? m?t??? ???, in ??? ??l? ?s ???t?ct?? ?n? n??t????, s??in?s int? ?cti?n.
Instinctiv?l?, t?? m?t??? ??? kn?ws t??t ??? ????i?s n??? m??? t??n j?st ??? w??mt? ?n? milk; t??? n??? t? ????t?? ????l? t? s??viv?. S?? c?????ll?, ??t ?i?ml?, ?s?s ??? ??ntl? ?it? t? stim?l?t? ??c? ?????’s n?s?, m??t?, ?n? t????t. T?is ??m??k??l? ?ct ?? m?t??n?l l?v? ?nc??????s t?? n?w???ns t? t?k? t??s? c??ci?l ?i?st ????t?s ?n? ?ills t??i? tin? l?n?s wit? li??-?ivin? ?x???n.
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F?? t?? ??s??v??, t?is ?is?l?? m?? s??m s????isin?, ?v?n ? littl? c?nc??nin?. B?t ??? t?? m?t??? ???, it is ? n?t???l ?n? ?ss?nti?l ???t ?? t?? ?i?t?in? ???c?ss. H?? instincts ??i?? ??? ?v??? ?cti?n, ?ns??in? t?? s??viv?l ?n? w?ll-??in? ?? ??? ???ci??s ???s??in?.
T?is st??? ?x?m?li?i?s t?? ??????n? ??n? ??tw??n ? m?t??? ?n? ??? n?w???ns ?n? t?? inc???i?l? wis??m t??t ?nim?ls ??ss?ss. T?? m?t??? ???’s ?cti?ns ??? ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? int?ic?t? kn?wl???? t??t ??s ?v?lv?? ?v?? ??n???ti?ns, ??ss?? ??wn ???m ?n? m?t??? t? t?? n?xt, ?ns??in? t?? s??viv?l ?? ??? lin????.
As t?? ???s ?n? w??ks ??ss, t?? m?t??? ???’s vi?il?nt c??? ?n? ??i??nc? c?ntin?? t? s???? ??? ????i?s’ ??v?l??m?nt. T??? t??iv? ?n??? ??? w?tc???l ???, t??i? ???lt? ?n? st??n?t? ? t?st?m?nt t? ??? ?nw?v??in? l?v? ?n? instinct??l wis??m.
T?is ????tw??min? t?l? c???i?s ? ?niv??s?l m?ss??? ??? ??m?nit?. It ?nc??????s ?s t? ??c??niz? ?n? c?l????t? t?? inc???i?l? wis??m ?n? instinct??l kn?wl???? t??t ?xists in t?? ?nim?l kin???m. It ??min?s ?s t??t t?? ??n?s ??tw??n m?t???s ?n? t??i? ???s??in? ??? s?c??s?nct, ?n? t??t t?? l?v? ?n? c??? t??? ???vi?? ??? ?ss?nti?l t? t?? s??viv?l ?n? w?ll-??in? ?? t?? n?xt ??n???ti?n.
In t?? ?n?, t?? st??? ?? t?? m?t??? ??? w?? ??ntl? ?it ??? n?w???n ????i?s t? ??l? t??m ????t?? ?n? t??iv? is ? n????tiv? ?? m?t??n?l l?v?, instinct??l wis??m, ?n? t?? mi??cl? ?? li??. It s??v?s ?s ? t??c?in? ??min??? ?? t?? ?xt?????in??? ?cts ?? l?v? ?n? c??? t??t ?n??l? in t?? ?nim?l w??l?, ??t?n ?i???n ???m ??? vi?w ??t n? l?ss ??????n? in t??i? im??ct.