or do they run on instinct and nothing but instincts?
2007-06-02 17:16:26 · 8 answers · asked by mannyg2199 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
this is a hard one to answer cause you've got to be an insect to understand whats really happening....
scientifically u might say they run on instincts but u knw that your i pod today is so small that it beats any big music player of the past...
maybe even in insects the world might be like our present nano technological world, thier brain might be as complex as ours but just a little smaller...
well when we can shrink our technology to nano size today then maybe the insects did it a long time ago..
2007-06-02 17:23:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Insects certainly don't possess higher thought.. maybe not even instincts. I'd say they act more on knee-jerk type responses to their environment, and let nature do the thinking for them.
2007-06-03 00:39:05 · answer #2 · answered by Tangerine 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I say instincts only.
2007-06-03 00:19:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They have rudimentary thought, and adapt quite well. Try moving a yellowjacket nest and you will find they have widely developed tactics. Also, ants farm in some environments. Ounce for ounce, they are far superior to humans. Not that I like them any better for that.
2007-06-03 00:32:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do computers think, or do the just work according to their programming?
I think it is similar with insects; it's a combination of randomness and automatic responses.
2007-06-03 00:46:30 · answer #5 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
instinct, because they should be used to the way we killed them by now.
2007-06-03 00:20:35 · answer #6 · answered by Grim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but I think I was being harassed by a wasp today.
2007-06-03 00:19:35 · answer #7 · answered by marie2dessy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
some are not some are yes.....
2007-06-03 00:22:16 · answer #8 · answered by AVIAN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋