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Wow - that surprises me - I would have thought heights would be an 'instinct' thing - like water (animals know to try not to drown...)

• quectophoton 2y ago
  To be fair, animals who don't try to avoid drowning, are more likely to drown before being able to reproduce. Probably even by trying to drink water or wash their face, since both mouth and nose usually lead to lungs (I bet there exists some weird animal where that's not the case). Also, humans don't instinctively understand that fire can be dangerous, so there's that.
  • mech422 2y ago
    Heh I didn't realize people don't have an instinct about fire. I always thought kids touching hot stoves/fire was because their hands touched it before their brains registered 'hot! ouch!'
• randomdata 2y ago
  Nine lives coupled with always landing on their feet didn't leave much evolutionary pressure to be afraid of heights.
  • mech422 2y ago
    LOL :-)