Quote Originally Posted by rvg View Post
Of course almost all animals have instincts. That doesn't mean however, that *all* of their behavior is instinctive and thus not subject to change. What instincts they *do* have however, are not subject to change. If you want to talk pure instinct, take a really primitive animal like a worker ant.
ok...then for example how do you explain the fact that human babies know to hold their breath when underwater?....any parent who has taken their child to a babies swimming class knows this happens....if it is not instinctive behavior what is it?