Newly hatched goslings will treat the first moving thing they see upon hatching as their mother. This is a striking example of:

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Imprinting is the formation of a bond between some newborn animals (especially birds) and their mothers that appears to be present at birth and is therefore viewed as the result of biological programming rather than learning. In now-classic research, Konrad Lorenz noted that newly hatched goslings, which normally imprint on their mothers, would imprint on any moving object- the family dog or even Lorenz himself-if that object, rather than the mother goose, were present when the goslings hatched.

Newly Hatched Goslings Will Treat the First Moving Thing They