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| Topic | Why are we so scared of spiders? |
| ClockworkHare 09/16/17 6:56:50 AM #22: | The theory I've heard most was that prehistoric humans learned to fear early arachnids which were more deadly on average. Letting a creepy crawly escape could have meant a tribe member dying later to a potent bite before the creation of anti-venoms. The instinct to swat is supposedly a reaction to avoid getting bitten. Mothers would have had a natural incentive to obliterate any dangerous invaders coming into her children's environment. Plus the little egg legged bastards look intensely alien compared to the anatomy of other creatures we're used to. They have 8 legs, 8 eyes, large venomous fangs, and scurry about like walking detached hands. I think jumping spiders and daddy long legs are harmlessly cute, but you have to be in deep denial to not recognize how the appearance of less docile arachnids could spark a shock response from most people. Especially when so many of them remember the first painful bite they got in childhood... --- Bite me like one of your French rolls. http://www.imageupload.co.uk/images/2017/06/05/flcnpawn.png http://www.imageupload.co.uk/images/2017/06/05/84543589.gif ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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