alt Hacker NewsI've always found this interesting because nothing about the appearance of a snake has ever bothered me, unsettled me, or made me fearful. They actually look very neat to me, and the tiny snakes I've had the fortune of holding were very fun to feel slithering about in my hands.
Cockroaches on the hand, not scary at all, but I feel disgusted by them.
And large spiders, extremely scary to me, instant fear response.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_RpgSKxjwk
Interesting watch about what babies fear.
I believe that things like fear of needles is something passed on from parents.
It’s weird that I’m the opposite. Spiders of any size have absolutely no effect on me. But snakes trigger some sort of innate response. I wonder if it’s tied to geographic origins of our ancestors?
I have all the same responses as you, heh. Centipedes also give me that instant creepy-crawly feeling.
And when I see a cockroach fly the disgust is multiplied by like ten.
It's the exact same for me. The spiders are by far the most visceral fear response, especially if a gruesomely detailed photo pops up on my phone.
Smaller spiders scared me when I was younger, but I have overcome that phobia significantly. Large, hairy, distinctly arthropodic spiders, though...? Yuck.