After a few minutes of watching their woodpeckers bang away, one owl asks the other that age-old question: “Are great woodpeckers born or made?” Both owls sit, watch and ponder that query, each considering the wisdom of an answer.
Scientists are divided on the subject. There is a contingent who believe that the qualities that make up a great woodpecker must be present at birth—woven into their DNA. Sure, you need training, but there has to be some “there” there. Others believe that you can teach any given woodpecker to be great, that external factors matter more than internal wiring.
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