So you are saying that animals do not learn?
I'm sure that a banana was not the first meal of the first group of gorillas. They inevitable tried eating different things and then one came upon the banana and enjoyed it. He might have then brought some to the rest of the pack or they witnessed him eating it and saw that it was favorable. (both of these are hypothetical) My point is that gorillas where then able to remember that the banana was a good food to eat and as they produced offspring this knowledge was passed down to them. Not all knowledge has to be learned verbally or textually. I used the gorilla only as an example but this would apply to all animals. Knowledge coupled with evolution is what allows them to survive. Whether it be selection of food sources or a hospitable place to live most animals use the knowledge of the known that they are able to acquire from those before them. If there is an unknown then experimentation will inevitably take place giving that creature further knowledge that can then be passed on.
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