Mother duck called all her ducklings together just before they were old enough to go out on their own and she spoke, "I have something to tell you"
"What?" they ask, excitedly.
The mother ducks calms them down and tells them, "I am a duck and each
of you is a duck, In addition there are many things for a duck to know
in this life. I've taught you all I can teach except for one thing"
The little ducks are now even more excited, "What, What it is", they
ask.
"Now I want you to listen closely and listen well", she tells them.
"Every day, every hour, indeed every moment of your lives you have a
decision to make. If you don't make it, it will be made for you. Your
decision is this: Do you want to be a duck or a dinner?"
After the mother duck has spoken, the little ducks are hushed and stick
close by her.
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Survival is I think ingrained in most species. The mother probably doesn't need to 'teach' the instinct of survival to her ducklings. When someone comes to hunt the ducks, they will all run to avoid becoming dinner.
What can be 'taught' is what she knows from experience - some patterns she has observed in hunts perhaps? good ways of avoiding hunters? Keeping fit etc.
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