Most of our spatial intelligence is innate, developed through evolution. We're born with a basic sense of gravity and the ability to track objects. When we learn to drive a car, we simply reassign these built-in skills to a new context
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Baby chicks can do bipedal balance pretty much as soon as they dry off.
Wood ducks can visually imprint very soon after hatching and drying off, a couple hours after birth with very limited visual data up until then and no interspersed sleep cycles.
We as humans have natural reactions to snake like shapes etc. even before encountering the danger of them or learning about it from social cues. Babies