2026-07-16 22:24 UTC
@Kmachel@muenchen.social If the species is able to observe others and learn from that observed behaviour, then it shouldn't have to be that different from "my grandparent used to do things this way, so that's how I will do it as well".
You really don't need to have communicated with your grandparent about it, but you have to have the level of intelligence to mimic and remember their behaviour.
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@Kmachel@muenchen.social 2026-07-17 07:48
@ahltorp@mastodon.nu Well true of course but I double checked it and apparently even in asocial species they present the same behaviour already in their first year after being born. So they can literally not even observe any other of their pika mates do it. Meaning it is indeed innate. It still is mind boggling. It is not just a seasonal harvest that would have seemed intuitive but they deliberately choose plants with different toxicities according to how long they will ferment. Independent of season.