We've all heard of DNA and the fact that it determines a whole lot of stuff that happens to us. They are starting to find that attached to the DNA are packets of information they believe is information to help us survive. How" Instinct" is actually information passed on in our Genes.
No wonder Salmon are returning to the stream they were born and animals know what to eat. And Snakes know where to return to. It's on one of the David Attenbrough's Doccos so I hunted around on the net.
Learn something new every day. Just wish the snakes got lost Lol.
I'm way outside my scientific comfort zone here but:
I don't believe the DNA of any animal holds a map reference of their birth location.
And animals don't always know what is safe to eat, I'm sure it's something which can be Googled but my memory tells me there is much evidence of animals eating the wrong food and dying. Are there not certain plants which cattle must be kept away from.
I don't think "The DNA does it" is either a correct or satisfactory answer to such mysteries.
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Oliver Cromwell, 3rd August 1650 - in a letter to the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland
Jung developed his theory around a Collective Unconsious observing the Monarch butterfly migration pattern. The migration takes several generations to complete the round trip.
Regards snakes, I would never be home if I tried to relocate the snakes around here.
Iza
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Semi-permanent state of being Recreationally Outraged as a defence against boredom during lockdown.
