Not that this is what's going on in this case, but the story reminds me of how ducklings can be made to follow anything, presumably thinking that it's their mot

Not that this is what's going on in this case, but the story reminds me of how ducklings can be made to follow anything, presumably thinking that it's their mother. Dustin Curtis wrote a fascinating piece a while ago about similar behavior in newborn seagulls: http://dustincurtis.com/how_niko_tinbergen_reverse_engineered_the_seagull.html http://dustincurtis.com/how_niko_tinbergen_reverse_engineere...