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YOUR correspondent “W. H. M”. (NATURE, March 2, p. 12), who believes that it is necessary for newly hatched chicks to learn to eat by imitation, should see a litter of pigs being born. Each little pig the moment that he is outside hurries over the sow's hind legs, and, in the second second of his outdoor life, has a teat in his mouth. If the navel-cord has not got clear of his late home, he tugs away at it with all his might. Seeing such a sight, one might suppose that before birth the creature had been eagerly looking forward to his first breakfast. Or did the splendid prospect flash into his mind only as he found his feet?
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RAM, F. Life and Habit. Nature 86, 79 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/086079c0
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