Question

Will you consider spinning the web by a spider as an instinct behaviour? Why or why not?

Answer 1

• Instinctive behaviours in animals are those which are not learned or practised. They are also called innate behaviours.
  
• Instinct can be defined as the ability to perform a behaviour for the first time when it is exposed to a proper stimulus.
  
• The spinning of the web by spiders is considered an instinctive behaviour as it will spin the same web at any given time and environment without being trained for the shape of web.