I’m watching a documentary and noticed how chill great ape babies are. They’re quite content just holding onto their mom, and you never see them crying in the same shrill, oftentimes excessive way human babies do.
Swaddled wrong? Cry. Gassy? Cry. Hungry? Cry. Too full? Throw up, then cry.
What gives?
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The first thing a baby deer learns is how to walk, they can do it almost immediately after being born, because that’s the strongest adaptation deer have, running away from predators.
The first thing a human baby does is cry, because that’s the strongest adaptation we have, asking for help.
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