Babies stop crawling on a glass floor, revealing early depth perception and fear of heights.

Biggest baby award goes to

Psychologists have exposed babies to non-venomous snakes accustomed to human contact. At this age, the only natural fears of infants are those of heights and excessively loud noises.

Babies still end up crawling off the bed or couch anyway.

My dumb ahh think they bouta play chess

Mfs are treating the baby like a lab rat

this instinct is found in animals as well. Look at this cat

My dawg can’t believe ts

This was just too much for him

Babies know danger before they can speak. Instinct is the oldest software ever written. 👶😮🔬

Human brain is amazing

But yet they decide to dive head first when they come across stairs.

I been telling you babies know exactly what they been doing

Fear of Heights. I'm sure a lot of people can relate to this feeling. 😰 Would you attempt this?

That one deserves an Oscar.

The baby be like: Fuh nah

At her age, her sense of thinking is working.

It’s amazing how something so small can already sense danger. Human instinct starts working from a very early age.

actually it only develops after 18 months, those who are much younger won't notice it and crawl straight to their parents.

Hmm but why does they giving trauma to a kid

Babies be like "Y'all think we are dumb right?"

Lil bro just unlocked survival instincts before even unlocking walking. 😭 Meanwhile grown adults still walking into red-flag relationships like it’s safe ground

Baby brain at 6 months: 'Nope, that's a 50ft drop, I'm out' 😭👶 Proof that fear of heights is hardwired before they can even talk. Evolution said 'survive first, ask questions later' 🔥 #ScienceFacts

Uh......some of those babies didn't pass the test, they would have fallen LOL

That's an animal instinct everyone has a fear of heights

What about fear of spiders? I had a argument with a friend about whether this is hard wired in our brains or learned. Do babies fear a spider the first time they see it?

Still me today. Deathly afraid of heights.

Babies are born with just one fear.... falling! every other fear is taught by the world.🙌🏼

even an adult would be scared of that

lol they might “stop” in this experiment. They still launch themselves in real life even when they recognise they should stop. They have instincts and lack coordination = they fall often.

Babies stop crawling on a glass floor, revealing they've developed depth perception and a fear of heights, as shown in the classic "visual cliff" experiment by Gibson and Walk (1960) ¹ ².

Depth Perception