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A lot of people have said that they don't mind spiders or snakes in the wild, but they do mind them at home.
For me, it's the opposite almost, with snakes at least. I'm fine with them as pets, or in zoos or whatever. But when I see them in the wild, I flip out. I almost stepped on a Southern Water Snake about 3 years ago, and I saw about 20 Northern Water Snakes in a mass breeding frenzy about 2 years ago, and both times i was totally petrified with terror.
On why we're frightened, perhaps it's an instrict we're born with. Obviously they both can potentially form a threat to humans, and so over generations and generations the fright of spiders and snakes has grown into an instinct rather than a learned reaction.
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