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So what is it with spiders and human fear of them? Spiders are one of humans greatest phobia's

 
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So what is it with spiders and human fear of them? Spiders are one of humans greatest phobia's
Was God messing with us?



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Re: So what is it with spiders and human fear of them? Spiders are one of humans greatest phobia's
Natural reaction to a potentially deadly creature.

We know spiders and snakes etc. can fuck us up real bad if we get bit so we have a natural aversion reaction.
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How they look doesnt help their case either. I only kill them if they are a roaming house invader.
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How they look doesnt help their case either. I only kill them if they are a roaming house invader.
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Ironically, as this amazing video shows, they are indeed made from intelligent design....their web making is beyond comprehension

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Re: So what is it with spiders and human fear of them? Spiders are one of humans greatest phobia's
Natural reaction to a potentially deadly creature.

We know spiders and snakes etc. can fuck us up real bad if we get bit so we have a natural aversion reaction.
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That's just a guess.

Tired of rationalizers guessing things but believing them as facts.
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I think he messed with spider too. Daddy long legs is poisonous but has no method of injection.
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I think he messed with spider too. Daddy long legs is poisonous but has no method of injection.
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Hmmmm.....maybe to touch them?

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Re: So what is it with spiders and human fear of them? Spiders are one of humans greatest phobia's
Two common theories, maybe a little of both.

1. Living in caves for thousands of years made us wary.

2. Like the centipede, the spiders form is so alien to us it invokes a natural xenophobic reaction to survive.
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I can't argue with you on this subject.

I'm a 44yo man and I'm scared to death of them.
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I can't argue with you on this subject.

I'm a 44yo man and I'm scared to death of them.
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Your not alone, the phobia strikes MANY....almost everyone I know has a fear of them, and that is no exaggeration
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I can't argue with you on this subject.

I'm a 44yo man and I'm scared to death of them.
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Your not alone, the phobia strikes MANY....almost everyone I know has a fear of them, and that is no exaggeration
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I've picked up snakes, snapping turtles, crawfish, etc...they don't bother me in the slightest.

I once even bit a dog that bit me first.

Spiders freak the living shit out of me!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I've picked up snakes, snapping turtles, crawfish, etc...they don't bother me in the slightest.

I once even bit a dog that bit me first.

Spiders freak the living shit out of me!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Okay...you bit a dog....THAT is a crack up!!!!
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Spiders don't phase or bother me. I don't kill them unless they are a black widow, which I've twice been bitten by. But not as bad as I expected either, just a nice red sore stinging for 2 weeks. Spiders eat lots of other insects, thank goodness, they help out. I treat spiders like praying mantises..

Snakes are a little different. Mostly, just don't like rattlesnakes too much, but see 'em out there quite alot. They haven't tried to bite, even as I often inadvertently jog 2'-3' away.

Scorpions are cool, not too scary, but sometimes hard to smash with their exoskeleton shell. I once saw one approaching me in a grocery store on the floor, bag boy kept stomping on it about 4-5 times.
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Okay...you bit a dog....THAT is a crack up!!!!

He was an unknown dog that walked into MY yard & bit me...fuck that noise!!!

I seriously doubt he ever bit a human again!

He yelped & ran away & kept looking back at me like, WTF dude? That ain't supposed to happen!
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Spiders don't phase or bother me. I don't kill them unless they are a black widow, which I've twice been bitten by. But not as bad as I expected either, just a nice red sore stinging for 2 weeks. Spiders eat lots of other insects, thank goodness, they help out. I treat spiders like praying mantises..

Snakes are a little different. Mostly, just don't like rattlesnakes too much, but see 'em out there quite alot. They haven't tried to bite, even as I often inadvertently jog 2'-3' away.

Scorpions are cool, not too scary, but sometimes hard to smash with their exoskeleton shell. I once saw one approaching me in a grocery store on the floor, bag boy kept stomping on it about 4-5 times.
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Okay....what about the potato bug?
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Re: So what is it with spiders and human fear of them? Spiders are one of humans greatest phobia's
BillyBob her cm n they aint bugs theyz mutant martian invaders comin ta take over earth cryin out loud ya double dingbat dummy, now looky her wha i filmed in the desert after dark

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BillyBob her cm n they aint bugs theyz mutant martian invaders comin ta take over earth cryin out loud ya double dingbat dummy, now looky her wha i filmed in the desert after dark

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Billy Bob....I think yer just might be right there, that there is the scariest clip I ever sees
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Re: So what is it with spiders and human fear of them? Spiders are one of humans greatest phobia's
Here people in Sydney have a real right to be afraid of spiders.
Also people in Brazil.
The Funnel Web and Wandering Spider can kill you quickly.
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But they're so cute!

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Re: So what is it with spiders and human fear of them? Spiders are one of humans greatest phobia's
Spiders don't phase or bother me. I don't kill them unless they are a black widow, which I've twice been bitten by. But not as bad as I expected either, just a nice red sore stinging for 2 weeks. Spiders eat lots of other insects, thank goodness, they help out. I treat spiders like praying mantises..

Snakes are a little different. Mostly, just don't like rattlesnakes too much, but see 'em out there quite alot. They haven't tried to bite, even as I often inadvertently jog 2'-3' away.

Scorpions are cool, not too scary, but sometimes hard to smash with their exoskeleton shell. I once saw one approaching me in a grocery store on the floor, bag boy kept stomping on it about 4-5 times.
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Okay....what about the potato bug?
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“If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.”
Thich Nhat Hanh, Being Peace

"But ask the animals, and they will teach you,
or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;
or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
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But they're so cute!

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TOO cute!!!!!
Dont ya make me try to love them critters now!
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Okay THAT is classic!!!!!
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Re: So what is it with spiders and human fear of them? Spiders are one of humans greatest phobia's
Spiders don't phase or bother me. I don't kill them unless they are a black widow, which I've twice been bitten by. But not as bad as I expected either, just a nice red sore stinging for 2 weeks. Spiders eat lots of other insects, thank goodness, they help out. I treat spiders like praying mantises..

Snakes are a little different. Mostly, just don't like rattlesnakes too much, but see 'em out there quite alot. They haven't tried to bite, even as I often inadvertently jog 2'-3' away.

Scorpions are cool, not too scary, but sometimes hard to smash with their exoskeleton shell. I once saw one approaching me in a grocery store on the floor, bag boy kept stomping on it about 4-5 times.
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Okay....what about the potato bug?
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A potato bug is a cool insect. Nothing to fear.

A few years back I was driving between Reno and Doyle, CA and stopped at the gas station there at 395 and 70, and I was surrounded by millions of Mormon Crickets as I walked into the store. Pretty bizarre scene, if you haven't ever seen the swarming if those huge things all over the ground. I wondered where all the gulls were to eat those things up..

Cobras are probably the spookiest animal out there for me.
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BillyBob back at ya woo woo n.... wha a hecka waz that?
BakeaTaterDangMe i anint never sen nuthin like that
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Because they were created by Lucifer in bitter mockery of God's creative force.cool2
I'm here to jostle bollocks and eat chewing gum.
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Re: So what is it with spiders and human fear of them? Spiders are one of humans greatest phobia's
Spiders don't phase or bother me. I don't kill them unless they are a black widow, which I've twice been bitten by. But not as bad as I expected either, just a nice red sore stinging for 2 weeks. Spiders eat lots of other insects, thank goodness, they help out. I treat spiders like praying mantises..

Snakes are a little different. Mostly, just don't like rattlesnakes too much, but see 'em out there quite alot. They haven't tried to bite, even as I often inadvertently jog 2'-3' away.

Scorpions are cool, not too scary, but sometimes hard to smash with their exoskeleton shell. I once saw one approaching me in a grocery store on the floor, bag boy kept stomping on it about 4-5 times.
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Okay....what about the potato bug?
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Re: So what is it with spiders and human fear of them? Spiders are one of humans greatest phobia's
It's the way they look and the way the move. Ugh, shudder, hauntingly repulsive.
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Re: So what is it with spiders and human fear of them? Spiders are one of humans greatest phobia's
Because they're deadly and I imagine back in the caveman days they were a hundred times their size now.





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