The Nobel-Prize winning sociobiologist, Konrad Lorenz, suggests that when goslings attach themselves to the first conspicuous moving object they see at about 30 hours after hatching, this is:

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Konrad Lorenz's research in sociobiology focuses on the evolutionary basis of behavior, and he suggests that the goslings' attachment to the first moving object they see is a form of biologically prepared learning, as this behavior has been naturally selected for over generations as it confers survival advantages to the offspring. This attachment behavior is not based on reinforcement or a mental image written into their genes, nor does it necessarily indicate a remarkable ability to remember faces.

The Nobel-Prize Winning Sociobiologist, Konrad Lorenz, Suggests That When Goslings