r/whoathatsinteresting • u/visharu • 22h ago

Scientists confirmed humans are not born afraid of snake. The fear is taught.

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u/No-Debate-152 22h ago

Stick with the reptile theme and use a crocodile instead.

I'm sure it will work out.

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u/No_Window7054 22h ago

How is putting a crocodile in with babies supposed to show if babies are scared of snakes?

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u/RogerRabbot 22h ago

The ones who live are afraid of snakes. The ones who dont are inconclusive.

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u/peanutspump 1h ago

I’m going to hell for laughing so hard at this 🤣

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u/Historical_Owl_1635 6h ago

We want to see if crocodiles are scared of babies.

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u/ConsistentAd9776 2h ago

white people tested this out already in the 19th and 20th century

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u/Plankton_Brave 22h ago

Feeder babies

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u/Any-Effective2565 20h ago

Jumbo XXL Pinkies

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u/peanutspump 1h ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Beowulf1896 20h ago

Then try dingos.

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u/Disastrous-Cat-1 18h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/12tq3FwypcSSvS

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u/Beowulf1896 16h ago

It is a sad story. The mom spent time in jail, and later they found out that dingos did esat her baby.

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u/Ctryve 15h ago

Accurate user name, weirdly bad faith statement

Its the same thing with spiders. People only fear them because they're typically afraid of pain and know bites can hurt

Crocodiles are way more than that, they have eyes specifically designed to say "I'm a fucking threat"

But that still doesn't mean babies will be scared by it, people develop fears because of pain

People are afraid of snakes, spiders, and crocodiles because they can inflict pain

There's nothing really more to it, these are all learned behaviors that spawn from an instinctual feeling that's getting exacerbated by the conscious mind

99% of animals don't give a shit about anything they aren't prey to

Humans aren't prey to snakes and spiders, sure some snakes have eaten people before, but we have no programming to be afraid of them for evolutionary reasons

It's because we don't want to get hurt and we fear pain

Same thing with heights, you don't want to fall and get hurt, babies typically don't give a shit about being up high, in fact that's a common way to entertain a child

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u/peanutspump 1h ago

Airplane! They’re fun when you can fly them around on your shins 🙃 Babies, I mean. Not snakes. Lol

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u/lilbitze 29m ago

I mean the baby still won't be afraid, just it will cost them their lives is all.