title: The Study of Instinct
author: Nikolaas Tinbergen
description: <br /><em>About the author</em>:<br /> The late <strong>Nikolaas Tinbergen</strong> was Emeritus Professor of Animal Behavior at Oxford University, a 1973 Nobel Laureate, and the author of a number of books on animal behavior.<br />
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  # Instinct
  
  
  ### George Oliver Smith
  
  
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  INSTINCT
  
  [Illustration]
  
  BY GEORGE O. SMITH
  
  You can keep a good man down, if  
  you've got enough headstart, are alert  
  and persistent ... so long as he limits  
  himself to acting like a good man....
  
  
  Illustrated by Martinez
  
  It was 047-63-10 when he opened the door. Before his superior could chew him
  for prepunctuality, Huvane said as the chief looked up and opened his mouth to
  start:
  
  “Sorry, but you should know. Terra is at it again.”
  
  Chelan's jaw snapped shut. He passed a hand over his face and asked in a tone
  of pure exasperation. “The same?” and as Huvane nodded, Chelan went on, “Why
  can't they make a mistake and blow themselves out of our hair? How far did
  they get this time?”