Reproduction in animals

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Humans have acquired knowledge about their environment through many observations. Today, humans have wide variety of resources to gain knowledge about reproduction in human beings and other reproductive processes. This knowledge does not come from genes. But on the other hand the animals example pig don't have any kind of resources which teach them about reproduction, still they can perform their reproductive processes. Even an isolated mice can do so if a mate comes in his vicinity.
But the isolated mice doesn't have any knowledge about reproduction then how can they perform it?
https://animals.mom.com/how-a-pig-reproduce-2607021.html
https://oacu.oir.nih.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/training-resources/mouserepro.pdf

John · Answer

Instinct
What is instinct, instinct is any behavior which did not require cognition or consciousness to perform or innate behavior that does not require learning.
BY the nature of building a brain it is possible to build in behavior by laying out neurons and connections in preset patterns. Thus some behavior can be encoded genetically.
Simple examples of Instincts include reflexes and fixed action patterns, but there is a whole spectrum of behaviors ranging from pure instinct to pure learned and everything in between.

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