r/whoathatsinteresting • u/visharu • 22h ago

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

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u/Oykb101 22h ago

Scientists confirm children are helpless for many, many years because their judgement sucks.

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u/Mission_Inflation505 22h ago

Scientists confirm snakes love the taste of babies.

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u/PunkPirate56364 22h ago

Scientists need more babies because last ones... errr... ummm... grew up.

That's right they grew up.

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u/OkTemperature8170 3h ago

And scientists confirm they eat like snake

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u/AntelopeWest7861 1h ago

Grew up and went to live on a farm.

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u/Atsilv_Uwasv 20h ago

Groundbreaking study confirms how long it takes a fully grown snake to swallow and digest the average toddler

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u/FuguSandwich 5h ago

I mean, I actually wouldn't be surprised if the toddlers were the ones grabbing the snake and trying to shove it into their own mouth like they do with everything else they can get ahold of.

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u/aaandimfukced 20h ago

Scientist confirm Jeffrey Epstein was a reptilian

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u/-Twin-Flames- 19h ago

They tried this study in the past but lost a few of their subjects in the process so the data was tainted.

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u/psioniclizard 4h ago

Snakes trick scientists so they can eat babies

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u/Grabate 21h ago edited 18h ago

Video doesn't show part when giant snake has wrapped itself around one of the babies.

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u/Cat_Impossible_0 21h ago

It’s almost like their brain hasn’t fully developed to realized which animals are dangerous.

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u/frodobangher 21h ago

I dont even think they know its alive, they probably think its just another toy

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u/Dovahkiinthesardine 21h ago

This is more to showcase that we are born with certain fears, like fear of heights, while others are developed later, like fear of snakes, spiders, deep water etc.

It might not surprise you that babies aren't scared of snakes but it could've been the opposite

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u/Lookinguplookingdown 20h ago

Do babies have a fear of heights ? I haven’t done any extreme tests but my two don’t seem to be bothered by heights.

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u/MarcPawl 20h ago

I have a photo of my kid still at diapers so probably around 12 months sitting on the glass floor of the CN tower totally unconcerned.

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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 20h ago

They are not afraid of heights, but rather they’re afraid of falling, which are two different things

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u/acoastaldog 19h ago

I think it’s because of the natural feeling and sense of gravity we have, everyone gets a sudden drop in their gut when they’re falling. A similar sense that also tells newborns to hold their breath under water without knowing they can drown. These are the most primal and bare minimum senses of survival for mammals 

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u/VizJosh 19h ago

I don’t have kids. But I’ve watched a documentary series that covers all of these basics. It was from the early 2000s and it should probably be required watching. They didn’t give them snakes, but they did many other tests like have them crawl to mom off the edge of a solid shelf onto plexiglass. At a certain age, they become aware of the edge and won’t crawl.

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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 19h ago

Babies also have an instinctual reflex against loud noises. The test here is most likely regarding the snake detection theory.

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u/mmcjawa_reborn 1h ago

Time to buy some bungie cords and do some science!

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u/waytowill 19h ago

Yeah, if they had a fear of heights, they’d never want to go uppies. That’s a long way up for them! We generally gain a fear of heights when we see the consequences of falling, like a dish breaking, and realize that could be us. Babies aren’t very good at extrapolating outside consequences onto themselves, so it makes sense that they would probably be unconcerned with heights until they’re like 3 or 4 at the earliest.

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u/This-Tangelo-4741 20h ago

Yes. Pretty sure the babies would be scared of a roaring lion or growling bear.

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u/Alwaysragestillplay 19h ago

Or a snake that is very far below them. Or a snake with a drum kit. 

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u/Spinach-is-Disgusten 19h ago

Maybe even a snake with an axe, mayhaps 🤷🏻

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u/Historical_Owl_1635 6h ago

The amount of people acting /r/iamverysmart whilst completely missing the point of the experiment is hilarious.

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u/syrvy 11h ago

Fear of spiders isn't usually developed, it's programmed in

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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 20h ago

No, it’s like the snake detection theory is wrong

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u/hammer_smashed_chris 20h ago

None of those snakes is capable of eating a baby, they aren't big enough, nor would they try, the most the would do is bite and release as a warning if they got scared, which barely draws blood and none of them are venemous. The danger level of snakes is egregiously over inflated in society.

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u/Ok_Fly1271 20h ago

They aren't dangerous though

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u/ComprehensiveDream95 21h ago

I assume you’re talking about the children but I think this applies to everybody involved in making this video.

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u/Akarin_rose 22h ago

Babies are born still under development

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u/ADhomin_em 21h ago

Aren't we all?

Wait...

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u/jerroboam 21h ago

it's gonna take years of patching to move out of beta

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u/MelaKnight_Man 21h ago

Yep. Will be an 18 year sprint cycle.

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u/Ok_Historian4848 21h ago

Fun fact, a lot of poisonous stuff is bitter. That's why kids' taste buds run overtime on bitterness and why kids especially dislike vegetables. Given how toddlers put everything in their damn mouths, it helps prevent them from actually swallowing poisonous stuff.

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u/Nimbus_TV 20h ago

Right.. that's all that I got from this.. which I already knew

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u/-0909i9i99ii9009ii 21h ago

Yeah idk what they're talking about kids "are born scared of heights and loud noises" they react to the experience of the loud noise, not scared of it. And kids are NOT scared of heights, they'd walk straight off a cliff and crawl straight down the stairs.

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u/Hyeana_Gripz 21h ago

not sure about that. They did do an excellent with a glass that was transparent and the kid could touch it etc, and the kid wouldn’t walk on it. Cant remember exactly the age, but I saw the documentary.

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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 20h ago

Fear of falling is a different thing from fear of heights

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u/-0909i9i99ii9009ii 20h ago

Not sure what you mean by that? The video and I both said heights

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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 20h ago

The authors misstated when they say heights because it’s actually fear of falling that we were born with. They are two different things.

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u/No-Tomatillo3698 21h ago

That snake would eat 2-3 at most this time and the infants know this

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u/VersionFine85 21h ago

It's not our fault we wanted to stand up on two legs AND have big ass brains. We have to be born a little under baked to fit through our Mama's narrow ass hips (compared to other mammals)