Alternate behavior:
All behavior is physical in nature. That is what allows you to take a step, move your eyes or lie down. The core of all behaviors – learned or instinctive, is in your DNA. That is because behavior is a physiological phenomenon, just like muscle tone, blood pressure and vision. If you have no genes for the complex components necessary for sight, (eye-balls, optic nerve, retina, etc.) and you cannot check out a hot chick from a distance. If you are an Australian Cattle Dog (ACD) puppy and your auditory nerve isn’t hooked up, you will be partially or completely deaf – a common problem with the breed. That is said to be a leftover from the infusion of Dalmatians into the creation of ACD’s. The ability to hear is dependent on the hardware – always. If I was going to study behavior, I’d start with those behaviors genetically transmitted from parent to off-spring. It’s called the phylogeny of the creature. That’s where it all starts. It’s the foundation.

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