RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. The instinct of sucking is curious but I find that 2 kittens each know. CUL-DAR205.11.110. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2023. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.11 contains notes on Instinct, change in habit.


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The instinct of sucking is curious, but I find that 2 kittens, each know their own pair of teats— if moved & put close to that which is not their property, they will not suck but will cross each other I have observed this twice

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