RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1861.01.13. The higher animals at least man have strong instinct to avoid death. CUL-DAR205.11.120. 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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Jan 13. 61. The higher animals at least man have strong instinct to avoid death — Some of the lower animals have instinct leading each individual to certain & immediate death— as these parasitic worms which crawl out of body that their ova may be disseminated.
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Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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