Why People Are Afraid Of Snakes

Honestly I think It's because there have been more years in the U.S. being taught to fear snakes. And parents taught kids at a young age to stay away from snakes (obvi a safety issue) and no one really started keeping snakes(especially more exotic like pythons and such) until the sixties. They've only been really popular for a little over 50 years versus the thousands of years people have lived in the u.s. hearing stories of pythons eating alligators which leads to them thinking they could be man eating. We've been taught longer to fear snakes and stay away from them rather than love them and tame them.

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I think people in my area are afraid of snakes because of mistaken identity. To all of us herp savvy people the differences between a poisonous and harmless snake are immediately obvious. However most will grab the shovel or swerve the car first then maybe try to identify. It doesn't help there are non poisonous dopplegangers either especially when water snakes are babies :/


http://wildlife.blurtit.com/var/ques...cooperhead.jpg

http://srelherp.uga.edu/snakes/pics/nerfas4.jpg

http://www.muherpsociety.com/sitebui...ottonmouth.jpg

http://www.herpnet.net/Iowa-Herpetol...rsnake_new.jpg

just though i'd say since it bugs me just a smidge...there are NO poisonous snakes only venomus. poison is normally ingested(meaning you'd have to eat the snake to have any problems) and venom is ingected into muscle or blood stream

Because they are evil and deceitful and God punished them by removing their legs because they tricked Eve into eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and they will eat you. They are just gross slimy dangerous creatures that nobody should own. Just kidding, I think it is because alot of people just arent that smart and base their judgements off of opinions, stereotypes, and biases which are unsubstantiated beliefs and value judgements instead of concrete facts based on actuality and substantiated knowledge.:banana:

God had to pick the most BA creature to tempt adam with so obvi he chose the snake... duhhhh