When a 5 month Ms. Pandey went to Chicago, her aunt gave her a bead-filled plastic hourglass, that generated some serious noise when it was flipped over.

One flip of the toy, and Ms. Pandey went into a state of fearful surprise leading to a few minutes of howling and crying.

The same toy was shown to an almost-6-month-old Sheru today. True to his name, Sheru jumped on it, snatched it with his paws and proceeded to nibble on the toy.