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Animals do learn techniques and pass knowledge to their offspring. The only thing is, they don't make tools.

• kaba0 4y ago
  They do make tools (corvids, octopuses, apes). Learning and passing knowledge is much rarer, I believe, and I can’t really think of any non-mammal example.
  • HPsquared 4y ago
    Don't they watch their parents hunting and things like that?
    • kaba0 4y ago
      Mammals? Some do. Most other animal I can think of right now? Nope, a snake just.. does its “pre-programmed” thing, the same way a spider creates its web. Jellyfish are barely alive, fish are also not particularly intelligent. People really did believe even just a few hundred years ago that animals were just “animatronics”, and let’s be honest, plenty of animals don’t disprove it too well.