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ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

SOCIAL BEHAVIOR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In an experiment, a group of kittens was raised together with a rat. An adult cat raised in this group was placed together with a rat. The cat did not kill the rat. This behavior would best be considered ____
A
learned
B
inherited
C
a stimulus
D
an instinct
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -New research finds that contrary to popular opinion, cats are not good predators of rats. The study–the first to document interactions between feral cats and a wild rat colony–shows that rats actively avoid cats, and only recorded two rat kills in 79 days.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Moral of the Cat and the Rat Story The moral of the story that we learned from this beautiful fable is that the wise man always thinks before taking an action and is not fooled twice. Also, one should always listen to their elders as they hold much experience in life.

Detailed explanation-3: -While cats may be known for their predation of non-native rats, most studies conclude that such predation is relatively rare and is unlikely to suppress rat populations (Glass et al., 2009; Parsons et al., 2018).

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