Cute baby kittens develop their hunting instinct (Dictation)

These kittens are just a day old. Without mother, they're useless. They can't walk, their eyes aren't even open. Just like the young spiderlings, they're too small to be predators. Growth, however, is rapid, from fluffball to mini predator in just three weeks. But this is where spiders and cats differ. Though physically the cats are now quite developed, their predatory programming is incomplete. Now to start developing the mind.

First, their instinct makes them curious. Instinct makes them play. Play links body with mind. They start to look like predators, focused, fast, alert. But at this stage, the rules are simple: catch anything that moves. After all, they could be anywhere, and anything could be prey. But a cat can't live on feathers and stones. This simple instinct needs a focus; enter mother. She now comes back from hunts with dead prey. This is the new focus of the kittens' play.

The kittens get what she can catch, a sample of the world of prey outside. She's programming the predatory machine, preparing it for future hunting. Sight, smell, feel, taste. This is what should be eaten. For the next stage, live prey. Now the mind is focused on specific prey, a lesson in handling. How fast is it? How does it move? How do you catch it? Without this training, kittens will never be good hunters. This time, the vole escapes.

Finally, enter the field to put training into practice. They go into the outside world with skills that basic instinct can't provide alone. They have the advantage of learning. The predator hunts, fuelled by instinct, finetuned by learning.

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Cute baby kittens develop their hunting instinct (Dictation)

These kittens are just a day old. Without (their) mother, they're useless. They can't walk, their eyes ain't aren't <em>(we do say "ain't" but we're not supposed to) </em>even open. Just like the young (spiderlings), they're too small to be predators. Growth, however, is raped rapid, from fluffball to mini predator in just three weeks. But this is where spiders (doesn't) cat and cats differ. They Though physically, the cats are now quite developed, their predatory programming isn't complete. Now, to stop start developing the mind.

First, their instinct makes them curious. Instinct makes them play. Play links body with mind. They start to look like predators, focused, fast, alert. But at this stage, the rules are simple: catch anything that moves. After all, they could be anywhere, and anything could be prey. But a cat can't live on feathers and stones. This simple instinct needs a focus. Enter mother. She now comes back from hunts with dead prey. This is the new focus of the kittens' play.

The kittens get what you can't catch, a sample of the world of prey outside. She's programming the predatory machine, preparing it for future hunting. Sight, smell, feel, taste. This is what should be eaten. For the next stage, live prey. Now the mind is focused on specific prey, a lesson in handling. How fast is it? How does it move? How do you catch it? Without this training, kittens would never be good hunters. This time, the vole escapes.

Finally, into the field to put training into practice. They go into the outside world with skills that basic instinct can't provide alone. They have the advantage of learning. The predator hunts, fuelled by instinct, fine-tuned by learning.

<em>Well done! This might have been somewhat complicated for you by the accent of the announcer, which is, I think, Scottish (people from the UK may be able to tell us for sure). While the Scottish accent is a beautiful one (I think), some of the pronunciation is very challenging even for other English-speakers. There were parts in this video that I, who have spoken American English for all 36 years of my life, had to listen to twice. On top of that, there is a bit of dramatic for-TV writing, e.g. "Enter mother." That's not a normal sentence outside of this context, really. So I'd say your English must be very advanced if you could understand this so well!</em>