People will always fear something, snakes are a very easy thing to fear. Just like any animal though, some one is scared of it. People are scared of mice just as much as snakes from my perspective, and they are cute cuddly and furry, but it's just something to fear, maybe because of disease, maybe because they are small and fast, who really knows. Fear is a very real emotion and can stem from just about anything. People are scared of heights, open spaces, closed spaces, some people are scared of water even! The human mind is the only reason I can give, it has so much going on you really can't pinpoint why we as humans fear anything. We just do and thats all there is too it really. The media or religion or anything really can influence our fears, but it is ultimately our choice what we fear for the mostpart, though it may be a subconcious decision that we don't know about. Fears are often pretty easily broken, I know I've met a couple people scared of snakes and managed to turn it around for the most part(a couple only like the one snake that I show to prove they aren't all bad, but I do also say that any snake can bite, so can any dog. Play with fire, and you can get burned, play with snakes and you can get bit.) in the end I really have no experience in psychology so I can't make a very good answer, but in my mind, there is no real answer. ~Caylan.S.~