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I think that instictive fear is one that all humans share at one time or another. Obvisiously, most of us get over these but not everyone - examples would be folks who work at night or in coal mines, sky divers and zookeepers or alligator wrestlers. Most little kids demonstrate the first two pretty much across the board, although I'm not sure about lizards.
I've never been afraid of spiders or bugs, drowning or getting stuck (where or in what?). I am afraid of strange dogs, especially large dogs, although I've owned and loved several of my own dogs. I know that it all stems from having to walk past a house with a standard poodle who loved to stand in his driveway and bark at me when I was about 5. Of all large dogs, I cannot stand standard poodles, although I love pretty much all the hounds and retreivers. But that's just me.
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin
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