At the very least, I'd need to slip the kitchen this cauliflower fried rice recipe along with a couple bottles of wine
for survival purposes.
The behavior isn't
for survival purposes, but is often either an indication that something is medically wrong with the dog, or the stress in the dog's life has gotten to a point where the behavioral system of the dog is breaking down and it is coping the only way it «knows» how.
In the early days of human existence, for example, it served
a survival purpose, helping us fight back when we were attacked by predators or other humans.
Therefor, thick fur, claws, etc had
no survival purpose and phased out over the years.
As you flesh through these 3 points, you quickly arrive at the idea physique for
survival purposes: «skinny - fat.»
The peacock's tail doesn't serve
any survival purposes; in fact it does the opposite.
For
survival purposes, it all boils down to getting rid of the nasty organisms that have contaminated the ground water and even the public supply of drinking water.
Stress is a normal function that serves
a survival purpose.
For
survival purposes, the two form an unlikely bond and work together to evade the authorities searching for them.
Animals guard prey for
survival purposes.
They are not doing a behavior that is purposeful and directed towards
a survival purpose.
So Fido, or at least Fido's wolf ancestors, knew somehow that their cuteness would pay off in the long run for
survival purposes.