Awesome Cat Hunting Instincts Video

Cats come pre-programmed with amazing hunting skills. Watch Buster the cat as he displays his skills. No animals or humans were injured in this movie. Bengal cats are a cross between an Asian leopard and tabby cat and should be monitored closely around small animals, including children, as their instincts will sometimes get the best of them!

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Pets & Animals

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• cat
• hunting
• instinct
• animal behavior
• design
• plan
• purpose
• Creator
• Christian
• Bengal cat

[Kakashisd]

Hunt instincts are in DNA??

[ichthmus153]

@Kakashisd Good question! I am sure some of it is a learned behavior, but I would speculate that it is mostly because of genetics.

[odinata]

How can an instinct be spontaneous?  Do you know the definitions of those two words?

[ichthmus153]

@odinata There are a lot of definitions for "spontaneous", this one's pretty good: "Self generated; happening without any apparent external cause". A cat's hunting instincts are always self-generated, but they usually happen with some apparent external cause to trigger them. Occasionally though, the external cause is not apparent.

A better example of a spontaneous thing that shows evidence of design is spontaneous mutation rates in bacteria. Some mutate at very predictable rates.

[odinata]

"Spontaneous things could be examples of design..."

If something is designed, how exactly would you define it as "spontaneous"?

Perhaps you can provide an example?

[ichthmus153]

@odinata a cat's hunting instincts are an example

[ichthmus153]

@odinata Spontaneous thngs could be examples of design, or not.

[odinata]

@ichthmus153

so "abstract art" spontaneously created itself?

[ichthmus153]

@odinata abstract art

[odinata]

Is there anything that is NOT an example of design, in your opinion?