How do birds and other animals know not to drink saltwater?
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Evolution and ancestral teachings.
Everything that you know about what you can and cannot do or eat, is either from personal experience or is taught by a parent/group or is known instinctively by evolution.
When imagining this over many hundred thousands or even millions of years … every species of animals will learn to avoid certain things .. or oppositely encourage it instinctively to do something.
How did you know you could drink from the breast of your mother at birth .. instinct.
How did you know that fire causes pain ? Bad experience or a parent told you.
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