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Study Shows Humans May Be Genetically Predisposed To Ophidiophobia
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- That is *** I have no fear of snakes my Mother has no fear of snakes, my Father had no fear of snakes, my niece has no fear of snakes. We all like them. I hardly think we are freaks of nature! We come from a family who are all into biology. I caught snakes as a small child and even after being bitten at five found I had zero fear afterwards. I do respect poisenous snakes and avoid them. I don''t keep any as pets but enjoy them very much. My husband also has no fear of snakes. I think the fear is passed down in families
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- That is *** I have no fear of snakes my Mother has no fear of snakes, my Father had no fear of snakes, my niece has no fear of snakes. We all like them. I hardly think we are freaks of nature! We come from a family who are all into biology. I caught snakes as a small child and even after being bitten at five found I had zero fear afterwards. I do respect poisenous snakes and avoid them. I don''t keep any as pets but enjoy them very much. My husband also has no fear of snakes. I think the fear is passed down in families
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- I can''t totally agree that we become hard wired to dangerous creatures, one reason is called the puss caterpillar. The cutest little ball of orange fur, anyone who has ever touched one can tell you that will cause some major league pain, a few of these little "tribbles" would probably kill you from pain shock. Google a picture of a puss caterpillar, and see if you feel an instinctive fear, I doubt it, but these creatures have been around for millions of years, so it seems that conditioning still plays the major role in arachnophobia, or ophidiophobia
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- I have never been afraid of snakes, once I picked up a rattler, put it in a bucket, and released it in the desert. I have owned a python, selling it because My landlord objected to it. In Hollywood Ca, we often found and made pets of gopher snakes, great for the rats that were after the avocados on our tree.
In Indonesia, it is common to see dinner-plate sized wood spiders, I find them fascinating and beautiful, shiny black with bright red, or bright yellow patterns and joints, they spin large orb webs, which can be four feet in diameter, on support lines fifty feet long.
I won''t try to handle them because they have long fangs, and bite reflexively. This is not fear, but it is from knowing the character of these creatures. - Reply to this comment
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- Snakes are pretty neat. I steer clear of the poisonous ones but garter snakes are fun to pick up a play with.
Now spiders and bugs.... I don''t like spiders and bugs. - Reply to this comment
- Thar ain''''''''t no sech a thang as G-netics n EVIL-ooshun cuz mah frend singinrick tole me Gawd made us ever one and thet them snaikes is jest Satin in disgize thets why sum peepols dont be lykin them. A yup!
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Posted by tato_4x4 at 03:37 PM : Feb 29, 2008
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do you need a kick in the arse to help you up that evolutionary laddery?
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Posted by libsrweak at 04:27 PM : Feb 29, 2008
Both are good ones guys. First one is poking fun at good ole bible thumping singingrick.
Second one is funny in its own way. - Reply to this comment
- "do you need a kick in the arse to help you up that evolutionary laddery?"
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Just give him a photo of his ancestor King George of the Jungle and see him exude his pride and chill, then, go into the other room before you laugh at him, you know, to spare his feelings. - Reply to this comment
- I would disagree with this research. I believe that all fear are learned and all fears can be explained rationally and therefore conquered.
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- Thar ain''''t no sech a thang as G-netics n EVIL-ooshun cuz mah frend singinrick tole me Gawd made us ever one and thet them snaikes is jest Satin in disgize thets why sum peepols dont be lykin them. A yup!
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Posted by tato_4x4 at 03:37 PM : Feb 29, 2008
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do you need a kick in the arse to help you up that evolutionary laddery? - Reply to this comment
